York Street Partners is a boutique financial advisory and investment banking firm in Sri Lanka providing advice on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity capital markets, restructuring and corporate finance. The firm is also building a multi-class asset management platform including private equity, real estate and liquid securities. Established in 2011, the firm aspires to be the preferred financial and strategic advisor to blue-chip corporations, SMEs, government institutions and high-net worth individuals.

The independence and lean structure enables them to provide the best of the firm to clients. It also means that clients have access to theManaging Directors throughout a transaction and can be assured of their fullest support. Moreover, the structure ensures that there are no conflicts of interest and leaves little room for inefficiency.

They are hands-on with clients and strive to put themselves in their shoes by approaching their business as if it were their own. Ultimately, their success is their success and this approach helps them form pragmatic solutions.

The leadership team has developed expertise and built lasting trust-based relationships through prior work at leading global institutions. These relationships include the senior officers of investment firms, Fortune 500 companies and government institutions.

Leveraging this expertise and relationships and bridging them to Sri Lanka will be critical to clients’ success and in the long run, the nation’s development. This ability to connect Sri Lankan companies with international institutions is a key source of differentiation and an important goal for them at YSP.

The most important assets are the clients, the people and the reputation. They invest in each every day, leaving no stone unturned in the efforts.

They look at clients’ problems as if they were their own and push to develop new insights and creative solutions. They recruit the best talent and provide them with the space to realise their full potential. They understand that their reputation is their currency and theyprotect it uncompromisingly.