We are a global independent investment banking advisory firm focused on the private capital markets. As a leader in advising private equity and private credit investors, private company business owners and other senior executives, our globally integrated platform allows us to deliver comprehensive, sector-focused advisory services to clients across key areas of the economy. Our experienced professionals provide meaningful and differentiated private capital markets expertise across our two segments, Investment Banking Advisory and Valuations and Opinions: Investment Banking Advisory Valuations and Opinions Mergers & Acquisitions Capital Advisory Private Funds Advisory Other Services •Sell-Sides •Debt Advisory •Continuation Vehicles •Strategic Consulting •Portfolio Valuations •Buy-Sides •Special Situations & •Single Asset and •Executive Peer Networks •Transaction Opinions & •Add-ons Restructuring Co-Investment Vehicles •Agency Member Network Board Advisory •Growth Capital & •Primary Funds •Disputes Advisory Minority Equity Since our founding in 1996, we have experienced significant growth achieved through investments in our talent, our platform, the complementary capabilities we offer—including our growing, recurring, and non-cyclical valuations business—and the strategic positioning of the firm. As a result, we have built a platform to support clients in attracting capital and investing with purpose, driving value and realizing returns. Mergermarket has ranked us the #2 sell-side advisor for private equity transactions globally over the three years ending December 31, 2025. Our success is rooted in a thoughtfully designed, institutionalized, and proactively managed entrepreneurial culture, fostering collaboration and engagement while strengthening our ability to attract, develop, and retain exceptional talent at all levels of the organization. We believe this culture is distinctive within our industry and is reinforced by a proven executive leadership team with strong continuity, as well as experienced senior professionals who lead our industry, product, and administrative groups. Reflecting this continuity, our leadership team has been with Lincoln for an average of approximately 20 years, and our managing directors have averaged more than eight years with the firm. We continue to build our next generation of leaders through a deliberate focus on high-performing talent and internal promotion, as demonstrated by the fact that approximately 43% of U.S. managing directors were promoted from within—one-third of whom joined Lincoln as junior professionals. Over time, we have intentionally diversified our business across service offerings and created depth of expertise and client relationships within industry sectors, including Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Industrials, Technology, and, through our acquisition of MarshBerry that we closed on October 31, 2025, Financial Services. MarshBerry is a global leader in investment banking advisory services, serving the insurance brokerage and wealth and retirement sectors through all stages of growth. MarshBerry has been recognized by S&P Global Market Intelligence as the #1 M&A sell-side advisor in insurance brokerage in each year since 2022. We believe this strategic acquisition solidifies our position as the leading advisor for independent owners, strategic acquirers, and private equity firms amidst the evolving and growing landscape of insurance brokerage and wealth management. --- We continue to invest to drive growth. As a catalyst for growth, we accelerated our lateral managing director hiring in recent years, leading to the onboarding of 31 new managing directors since the beginning of 2024 who either introduce—or strengthen—certain sector, product, or geographic expertise. Furthermore, since the end of 2022, we have increased the number of Capital Advisory and Private Funds Advisory managing directors by 43%. This senior talent hiring success is a testament to the strength of our brand and culture. Lincoln has become a destination for talent as we have evolved. We have also invested in our technology infrastructure, including designing a customer relationship management system that also functions as an enterprise resource planning system, by building a proprietary artificial intelligence, or AI, tool that aggregates institutional, market and client intelligence to drive efficiency and optimize knowledge sharing, and by improving the delivery of portfolio valuations through automation. Our relentless focus on client success and continued investments in our people and platform have produced substantial growth in revenue and profits. Our corporate headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois.
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