LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–H.I.G. Capital, LLC, a leading global private equity and alternative asset investment firm with more than €20 billion of equity capital under management, announced today that Sanjoy Chattopadhyay has been promoted to Managing Director of H.I.G. Realty, the real estate investment affiliate of H.I.G.

Sanjoy joined H.I.G. in 2013 and is based in H.I.G.’s London office. He has 19 years of real estate experience and has invested in direct real estate as well as non-performing loans across multiple real estate sectors. Before joining H.I.G., he worked at Benson Elliot, a Pan-European real estate opportunity fund and at Morgan Stanley’s real estate fund (MSREF).

Riccardo Dallolio, Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Europe at H.I.G. Realty, commented: “Sanjoy has led a number of successful investments at H.I.G. Realty and we look forward to his continued success as a member of our senior leadership team.”

About H.I.G. Capital

H.I.G. is a leading global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with more than €20 billion of equity capital under management.* Based in Miami, and with offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Atlanta in the U.S., as well as international affiliate offices in London, Hamburg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Bogotá, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro, H.I.G. specializes in providing both debt and equity capital to small and mid-sized companies, utilizing a flexible and operationally focused/ value-added approach:

1. H.I.G. equity funds invest in management buyouts, recapitalisations and corporate carve-outs of both profitable as well as underperforming manufacturing and service businesses.

2. H.I.G. debt funds invest in senior, unitranche and junior debt financing to companies across the size spectrum, both on a primary (direct origination) basis, as well as in the secondary markets. H.I.G. is also a leading CLO manager, through its WhiteHorse family of vehicles, and manages a publicly traded BDC, WhiteHorse Finance.

3. H.I.G.’s real estate funds invest in value-added properties, which can benefit from improved asset management practices.

Since its founding in 1993, H.I.G. has invested in and managed more than 200 companies worldwide. The firm’s current portfolio includes more than 100 companies with combined sales in excess of €28 billion. For more information, please refer to the H.I.G. website at www.higcapital.com.

* Based on total capital commitments managed by H.I.G. Capital and affiliates.