Approach | Mayspear Global | The Thesis, the Capabilities, the Investment Criteria
Our Approach

How we read the market, and how we deploy into it.

Mayspear is built around one conviction: the most profitable, fundable transactions demand genuine conviction to underwrite, not simply capital. Below is the thesis behind that conviction, the full range of capital we deploy against it, and the precise criteria a transaction must fit.

01 / The thesis 02 / The capabilities 03 / The criteria 04 / The desk
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01 / The thesis

We were built for transactions that demand conviction.

Every structural shift of the last decade, fund consolidation, bank retreat, the retirement of a founding generation, the under-banking of emerging markets, has opened a band of profitable, fundable transactions that require genuine underwriting conviction.

These are not marginal deals. They are strong deals that a slow committee, a rigid mandate or a thin capital cannot resolve. Too complex for a bank's credit committee, too fast for a multi-stage approval, too far from a head office to be understood. This is where Mayspear operates, as principal, as principal, and alongside the largest funds where scale demands it.

02 / The capabilities

Four disciplines, drawn from one capital base.

We do not operate within a single product. Every mandate receives a capital structure designed for the specific transaction, debt, equity, hybrid or control. The same firm that lends to a company can acquire it, recapitalise it, or carry it through restructuring.

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03 / The criteria

The investment box: what qualifies for capital.

The thesis and the capabilities only matter inside defined parameters. These are the sectors, structures, sizing and boundaries that determine whether a transaction is one we can lead.

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Outside the box

Blind-pool commitments, pure early-stage venture, retail or consumer-direct products, and any sanctioned counterparty or jurisdiction. We structure jurisdiction risk; we do not accept it blind.

04 / The network

Judgement travels through people, not a desk.

Every mandate is originated, structured and executed by senior operators drawn from the largest capital firms, positioned across our offices so judgement sits close to each situation while capital and authority radiate from one integrated platform.

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If your transaction fits the box, bring it to us.

Owners, sponsors, lenders and advisers with a transaction in stress, in transition, or simply in need of genuine conviction.