Transformations, not transactions. A constant, creative partner to the founders, investors, and visionaries reshaping the global digital economy.
Founded in 2012, LionTree is an independent investment and merchant bank with deep roots in media, technology, communications, consumer, and creative industries. Our thematic focus and expertise let us help our relationships unlock growth and transformation across the global digital economy.
We are excited by ideas that change the way people think and have the potential to shape the future — approaching every relationship as one with limitless potential, guided by our core principles.
A constant, creative partner to unlock opportunity, no matter the challenge.
Bringing capital together with ideas to accelerate growth and innovation.
Pursuing transformations — focused on long-term impact, not the deal.
One platform spanning Advisory, Capital Markets, and Asset Management — aligned so our relationships can act in the evolution of the global digital economy.
A trusted partner to our relationships — candid advice, creative ideas, and best-in-class execution to help achieve their goals.
We cultivate dialogue with long-term investors and connect them with visionary CEOs and companies.
We back and invest alongside CEOs and management teams building transformational businesses.
Curated insight — the LT Weekly Update and KindredCast — on the themes driving the digital economy.
“They didn’t treat us like a transaction. LionTree understood the transformation we were trying to make — and they were a partner at every step of the way.”
Financial advisor to Charter Communications on its definitive agreement to combine with Cox Communications.
Financial advisor to eBay on the $13B+ sale of Adevinta to a Permira / Blackstone-led consortium.
Advisor on the distribution business combining DIRECTV with EchoStar’s Dish DBS and Sling TV.
Our experienced team draws on LionTree’s sector and thematic expertise, transaction capabilities, and external network to nurture proprietary ideas and deal flow — across four cities and every time zone that matters.
LionTree Weekly Update — the signals shaping media, tech, and the consumer economy.
Conversations with the most prominent CEOs, investors, and changemakers of our time.
Our annual perspective on the transformations reshaping the global digital economy.
Every relationship begins the same way — a private, unhurried conversation about where you are and the transformation ahead. Tell us a little, and a member of the firm will reach out.