Global Gate is an international investment firm that invests its own and its clients’ capital into multiple asset classes globally.

/ OVERVIEW

ABOUT US

Global Gate is an international investment firm that invests its own and its clients’ capital into multiple asset classes globally, including real estate, private equity, insurance, credit and listed securities. The firm also provides corporate advisory services to its select client base. With offices in London, Geneva, New York and Dubai, Global Gate has grown its assets under management to over $5 billion since its founding in 2013.

OUR MISSION

To provide our partners with a gateway to unique global investments. To capture growth while focusing on structured downside mitigation.

OUR VALUES

Integrity: Reputation is the long-term survival of the firm.
Integrity guides our actions with our employees, shareholders and clients. Through consistently seeking to follow the highest moral and ethical principles we have created an environment of trust and confidence.  This is the foundation of our business.
Excellence: Our culture of continuous improvement is the cornerstone for our success.
We consider excellence as paramount both in ensuring the best outcomes for clients as well as internal business partners so that decisions can be made timely based on accurate and thoughtful analysis.
Humility: Ego is our enemy.
We never assume we have reached the end of our road to progress.
Transparency: A strong partnership between a select group of stakeholders and investors.
We value frankness and transparency both in conversations with clients but also internally.  We share feedback with each other, positive or negative, true to performance recognizing that we can only grow if we know what to improve.
Teamwork: Collaboration is key.
Our culture of respect supports inclusiveness and diversity of thought. Coupled with our strong sense of humility, this promotes debate and collaboration to find solutions that are well suited to the firm and our clients.
Hard Work: Success requires time and effort.
Our core belief is that the success of GGC will not come overnight, but rather it will build over time as the result of incremental improvements.  Excellence does not just happen, rather we all need to create opportunities to succeed constantly and then execute on those.
Flexibility: We want to promote a growth mindset.
We seek to position ourselves for market changes by being curious.  We invest in scalable and flexible operations as well as hiring people who are passionate in their fields and who welcome change.
Fairness: We don’t take advantage of our people and partners.
The way we treat our clients, investors, coworkers and counterparties reflects on our firm and reputation.
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/ INVESTMENTS

We pride ourselves on having a robust investment process with independence and transparency as the key tenants of our philosophy. We participate alongside our investors with a long-term view, of bringing together our collective experience and know-how to generate industry leading risk adjusted returns.

INVESTMENT TYPE

  • Public Markets
  • Real Estate
  • Private Equity
  • Private Debt

USE OF PROCEEDS

  • Growth
  • Shareholder Liquidity
  • Buyouts
  • Acquisitions

GEOGRAPHIES

  • Continental Europe
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Rest of the world opportunistically

REAL ESTATE

Global Gate has extensive experience investing in real estate and has deployed significant AUM in the asset class since inception. Our seasoned team of real estate professionals have extensive experience in both sourcing and subsequently adding value to maximize returns over time.
  • Value Add (Capital Gain)
  • Long Term Hold (Yield Generation)
  • Development Finance
  • Equity
  • Debt

PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENTS

Global Gate actively invests in private equity opportunities, through both direct participations and co-investments. We look for resilient, cash generative assets with strong management teams and growth potential. We invest across the capital structure, in core sectors within energy, infrastructure, industrials, business services, consumer and healthcare.
  • Minority Investments
  • Co-Investments

PRIVATE DEBT

Global Gate invests across senior, second lien, unitranche, and mezzanine debt both in Europe and the United States. Each investment is subject to our rigorous investment process and credit analysis in order to maximize the risk adjusted returns while providing structured downside protection.
  • Senior
  • Second Lien
  • Mezzanine

INSURANCE

Global Gate has extensive expertise in the insurance sector, investing in a multi-line insurance platform that offers a diverse range of financial protection and risk management products, tailored to meet the needs of our clients. With our comprehensive offering, which includes both Life Insurance and Non-Life solutions, we are fully equipped to comprehensively support our clients in achieving their financial goals, while protecting them against uncertainty. Insurance constitutes one of the core pillars of our strategy, and we are committed to developing and enhancing this platform for the long-term.

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Our wealth management solution focuses on providing our clients with a single consolidated view of their assets, offering unbiased advice and working alongside them to tailor an asset allocation to suit their specific needs. We place strong emphasis on communication, monitoring and regular reviews, aiming to provide institutional quality service to our private clients.

CORPORATE ADVISORY

We advise Corporate clients on identifying, structuring and executing M&A as well as equity and debt financing solutions, with a special focus on entrepreneur and family led businesses.

/ TEAM

CEO
Rudy Sayegh, CFA
CLIENT AND PARTNER GROUP
Georges Abboud
Roy Abou Assaly
Tarek Haffar
Maya Mroue
Ahmad Shahin
Yacine Slimani
Zaher Zaatari
INVESTMENT GROUP
Fred Debbane, CFA
Alexandra Garcia Del Barrio
Florent Jeanneau
Charles Marche, CFA
Jad Nasr, CFA
Marc Polydor, CFA
Benedikt Prinz
Victoria Protti, CFA
Tim Russell
Melhem Samaha
Ben Wilson
FINANCIAL CONTROL,
LEGAL AND OPERATIONS
Samar Abighanem, CPA
Vanessa Bou Tayeh
Philippe Bouillac
Jamil Elia
Lamis Ellakis
Imad Feghali
Nay Ghanem
Rayan Kesrouani
Sharah Recknagl
Charlotte Regnard
Patrick Richa
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/ CONTACT US

CONTACT INFO

LOCATIONS

LONDON
25 Maddox St
W1S 2QN, London
United Kingdom
NEW YORK
370 Lexington Avenue - Suite 805
New York, NY 10017
USA
GENEVA
Rue de la Rôtisserie 1
1204, Geneva
Switzerland
DUBAI
Global Gate Capital Partners (DIFC) Limited*
Emirates Financial Tower
Office 702 - North Tower
DIFC - Dubai
UAE
* Global Gate Capital Partners (DIFC) Limited (“GGCP DIFC”) is related to Global Gate Group. GGCP DIFC is registered in the Dubai International Financial Centre, and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, and authorized to provide the following financial services: (a) Arranging Deals in Investments, (b) Advising on Financial Products and (c) Arranging Custody

CAREERS

Kindly send your CV to careers@globalgatecapital.com