Experienced Team.
Deployment Across Cycles.
Partnership Approach.
Our Private Equity Group has achieved compelling risk-adjusted investment returns for a loyal and growing group of high profile limited partners and has approximately $34.7 billion of assets under management via its Corporate Private Equity and Special Opportunities strategies as of December 31, 2022.
The Private Equity Group offers both control and non-control hybrid capital solutions for middle market companies mainly in North America and Europe. Our investment professionals have demonstrated an ability to actively deploy capital in a disciplined manner in both benign and dislocated market environments.
Our team focuses on driving shared long-term success for our portfolio companies, limited partners and shareholders, while also emphasizing strong downside protection.
Our Global Reach
1000 Louisiana Street
Suite 625
Houston, TX 77002
T. (713) 527.2121
Los Angeles
800 Corporate Pointe
Suite 300
Culver City, CA 90230
T. (310) 921-7200
Los Angeles
2000 Avenue of the Stars
12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
T. (310) 201-4100
305 Fifth Avenue Executive Suites, LLC
Suite 204C
Naples, FL 34102
245 Park Avenue
44th Floor
New York, NY 10167
T. (212) 710-2100
437 Madison Avenue
39th Floor
New York, New York 10022
T. (212) 858-9760
London
6th Floor
10 New Burlington Street
London, W1S 3BE
United Kingdom
T. +44 (0) 20-7434-6400
7 Air Street, 3rd Floor
London, W1B 5AD England
+44 20 7343 4450
Paris
25 Rue Balzac
Level 7
Paris, F-75008
France
T. +33 (0) 17039 4150
Ares Asia Management (HK), Limited | Ares SSG
40/F Gloucester Tower, The Landmark,
15 Queens Road Central, Central
Hong Kong
T. +852 3909 8888
Suite 2319, Level 23, Prosperity Tower
39 Queen's Road Central
Hong Kong
T. +852 2855 6801
Unit 3701, Park Place Office Building
1601 West Nan Jing Road
Shanghai, 200040
China
T. +8621 6186 5200
Ares Private Equity
Primary Role
Equity and debt solutions provided to growth-oriented middle market businesses
Offices
Los Angeles, Houston, Naples, New York, London, Paris, Shanghai, Hong Kong
Primary Areas of Focus
For control or significant influence growth buyouts and distressed; non-control healthy special situations, stressed and distressed
Types of Investments
Common Equity, Preferred Equity, Convertible Securities, Term Loans, Bonds
Corporate Opportunities
Our flagship corporate opportunities seek to invest in high-quality middle market companies in our core industries - Healthcare, Services, Industrials and Consumer - across North America and Europe, where we can utilize our extensive growth-oriented investing experience, proprietary Value Creation System and our ability to flex into distressed investing in an effort to generate predictable alpha across market environments.
Special Opportunities
Our special opportunities funds target private and public market debt and non-control equity investments in healthy, stressed and distressed companies undergoing transformational change.

Contact
Private Equity Group Leadership
To reach our Private Equity leadership, please contact:
Matt Cwiertnia
Co-Head of Private Equity
Scott Graves
Co-Head of Private Equity & Head of Special Opportunities
Private Equity Investor Relations
For inquiries regarding Private Equity investor relations, please contact:
Jeremy Bergman
Tel: (212) 808-1115
Email: [email protected]
Merritt Hooper
Tel: (310) 201-4190
Email: [email protected]
General Email: [email protected]