Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. (New York)


Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $4.31 billion of regulatory assets for 37 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2012.

Searchlight Capital Partners provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Searchlight Capital Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. is $4.31 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 520% since the beginning of its operation, and $3.37 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $4.31 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $116.54 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. The adviser charges an additional fee when a set benchmark is outperformed. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Searchlight Capital Partners serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Searchlight Capital Partners is pooled investment vehicles with 37 clients and $4.31 billion of assets under management. Among the 10 most similar advisory firms, Searchlight Capital Partners has the 3rd highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $4.31 billion for 37 clients. 41% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Searchlight Capital Partners also advises several private funds. Namely, thirty seven private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $0 to $10,000,000.

Careers at Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P.

The company employs 55 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 55 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Eric L Zinterhofer Limited partner of searchlight capital partners, l.p. 1 May 2010 25% - 50% 2520762
Llc Searchlight Capital Partners General partner of searchlight capital partners, lp 1 May 2010 Other 27-1974360
Oliver Cl Haarmann Limited partner of searchlight capital partners, lp 1 Jun 2010 25% - 50% 2811419
Delara Corp. Parent of searchlight capital partners canada limited 1 Jun 2010 75% - 100% foreign entity
Scp Uk Ltd. Member of searchlight capital partners uk, llp 1 Aug 2010 75% - 100% foreign entity
John Demetrios Yantsulis Cfo/coo searchlight capital partners uk, llp 1 Aug 2010 Other 5716593
Eric L Zinterhofer Director of searchlight capital partners canada limited 1 May 2011 Other 2520762
Oliver Cl Haarmann Director of searchlight capital partners canada limited 1 May 2011 Other 2811419
Searchlight Capital Partners Shareholder of searchlight capital partners canada limited 1 May 2011 Other 161958
Nadir Z Nurmohamed Cco/senior legal counsel of searchlight capital partners lp 1 Oct 2016 Other 6715135

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 2 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Erol Ekrem Uzumeri Member of searchlight capital partners, llc 1 Jun 2010 25% - 50% 6031128
Searchlight Capital Partners Parent of scp-uk ltd. 1 Jul 2010 75% - 100% 161958

Based in New York

The principal office where Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. performs its advisory services is located at 745 5 Th Avenue, New York, NY 10151, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-293-3730 or by fax 212-207-3837. The normal business hours are 9 am - 5 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at searchlightcap.com and its LinkedIn profile.