Clearlake Capital Launches ‘Clearlake Credit’ Following MV Credit Acquisition
6 MAY, 2025
By Jose Luis Palmer from RankiaPro Europe
Clearlake Capital has officially launched Clearlake Credit, a dedicated credit platform that consolidates its existing credit business with MV Credit and WhiteStar Asset Management. The move follows Clearlake’s acquisition of MV Credit from Natixis Investment Managers, enhancing the firm’s presence in European private credit markets.
Strategic Expansion with MV Credit Integration
The launch of Clearlake Credit marks a significant milestone for Clearlake Capital, an alternative investment firm managing $90 billion in assets across private equity, credit, and other strategies. By integrating MV Credit, a pan-European private credit specialist, and WhiteStar Asset Management, which Clearlake acquired in 2020, the firm creates a single, unified platform now overseeing more than $57 billion in liquid and illiquid credit investmentsworldwide.
While credit has always been core to our strategy, we’re proud to officially launch Clearlake Credit as we continue to strategically build our credit offerings to meet the market’s demand for flexible capital solutions.
We plan to continue scaling our credit platform and expand the breadth and depth of our credit capabilities to provide comprehensive capital structure solutions to borrowers around the world.
José E. Feliciano, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Clearlake
The acquisition of MV Credit, in particular, boosts Clearlake’s capabilities in the European credit market, reinforcing its global positioning.
The official launch of Clearlake Credit will grow our standing in the global credit market, and the acquisition of MV Credit adds to our capabilities in Europe.
Our team has invested across multiple credit cycles, and we believe now is an attractive opportunity to further scale our private credit platform.
Behdad Eghbali, Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Broad Credit Offering Across Private and Liquid Markets
Clearlake Credit will offer a broad range of capital solutions across private credit and liquid credit strategies. The platform underwrites investments of up to $1 billion and supports sponsor-backed companies through senior, junior, structured, and hybrid debt or equity capital.
In the liquid credit space, Clearlake Credit will invest in senior secured loans and syndicated instruments, with CLO capabilities in the U.S. and Europe. The platform employs a bottom-up, fundamental credit underwriting approach, leveraging Clearlake’s global footprint and investment experience across cycles.
Clearlake and its affiliates now operate from seven international offices, including London, Dublin, Luxembourg, and Abu Dhabi, with a team of over 230 professionals worldwide.
