Financial Sponsors
Dedicated product agnostic coverage team for financial sponsor clients
SMBC’s Global Sponsor Coverage team in EMEA partners with over 50 financial sponsor clients across asset classes, including leading firms in private equity, infrastructure, credit, and real estate. Leveraging our global platform, we deliver integrated, cross-product solutions tailored to the evolving needs of our clients.
Our comprehensive offering includes:
- LBO Finance – top 10 league table position in both broadly syndicated loans and unitranche
- Project & Infrastructure Finance – recognised top 3 global player
- Fund Finance – recognised top 5 global player
- Real Estate Finance
- Aviation & Maritime Finance
These core capabilities are complemented by a broad suite of cross-asset capabilities across LP investments, risk solutions, strategic partnerships and JVs. Through our strategic alliance with Jefferies, we also support M&A and ECM transactions.
We continue to enhance our product suite to meet the needs of financial sponsor clients in areas such as lender finance, margin lending, CLOs, ABS and securitisation. Backed by strong relationships and deep market expertise, SMBC is a long-term, trusted partner for financial sponsors – delivering high-value products and consistent execution across complex financing needs.