Lexington Partners
Neal N. Patel has extensive experience in finance and investment, currently serving as a Director at Lexington Partners since August 2014, where progression included roles as Vice President, Senior Associate, Associate, and Analyst. Prior to this, Neal Patel worked at Ernst & Young from September 2011 to August 2014 as an Assurance Senior in the Financial Services Office, specializing in Asset Management, and was responsible for managing staff and reporting to upper management. Earlier experience includes a role as a Finance Analyst Co-op at Johnson & Johnson from May 2010 to January 2011. Neal Patel holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Rutgers University, completed in 2011.
Lexington Partners
Lexington Partners is one of the world’s largest and most successful independent managers of secondary private equity and co-investment funds. Since 1990, principals of Lexington Partners have organized 20 secondary funds and 10 co-investment pools with total capital of $55 billion. Our investors include more than 1,000 leading public and corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, and family offices from more than 40 countries. Lexington Partners pioneered the development of the institutional secondary market 31 years ago and created one of the first independent, discretionary co-investment programs 23 years ago. Today, Lexington has acquired over 3,200 secondary interests through more than 590 secondary transactions with a total value in excess of $58 billion, including $16 billion of syndicated transactions. Invested $7.3 billion in over 430 co-investments alongside more than 170 sponsors and committed more than $2.6 billion to over 500 primary funds. Lexington’s success is based on the stability and experience of our professional team. Lexington’s 35 partners and principals each average over 17 years of alternative investment experience and more than 14 years together at Lexington. The firm’s partners and principals are supported by investment professionals skilled in the evaluation and analysis of global secondary, co-investment and primary opportunities and by a reliable team of investor relations, accounting and fund administration, and legal and compliance professionals. Lexington Partners is a global firm with seven offices strategically located in major centers for private equity and alternative investing – New York, Boston, Menlo Park, London, Hong Kong, Santiago, São Paulo, and Luxembourg. In addition, Lexington Partners has Senior Advisors covering Asia, Australia, Brazil, and the United States.