Doughty Hanson & Co
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Private Equity |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | Nigel Doughty and Richard Hanson |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Products | Private equity funds, Leveraged buyouts |
| Total assets | €8 billion |
| Website | dhpep.com |
Doughty Hanson & Co. is a British private equity fund manager focused on leveraged buyout and recapitalization transactions primarily of upper middle-market companies in Europe. The firm also invests opportunistically in European real estate and provides early-stage venture capital to technology companies.
The firm which was founded in 1985 by Nigel Doughty, Chris Wallis and Richard Hanson is one of the oldest European buyout private equity firms. Since its inception, the firm has invested over €23 billion across more than 100 investments.
On 4 February 2012, Doughty was found dead in the gymnasium of his Lincolnshire home. Then, on 10 August 2015, the firm announced the shutdown of most of its European offices after abandoning its next round of funding. The offices closed in 2015 included Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid and Stockholm. In May 2017, the firm re-branded itself to DH Private Equity Partners.