Lyford backed by Moody Aldrich Partners

Two experienced investment professionals have launched Lyford Partners, Ltd (“Lyford”), a UK-based private credit investment firm aimed at addressing the growing need for asset-backed lending solutions to ultra-high net worth individuals, families and businesses.

Lyford has secured launch and long-term equity capital from Moody Aldrich Partners (“MAP”), a private investment firm in Boston. Formed in 1988, MAP is a fiduciary for discrete families and institutions with a legacy of supporting high-caliber, specialist managers known for their expertise and disciplined execution.

Established by Matt Meehan and Toby Bundy, Lyford is headquartered in London with representatives in Cayman, Monaco and Nassau. Lyford invests the firm's funds in solving liquidity challenges for individuals, families and businesses. These include ultra-high net worth, matrimonial, probate and insolvency funding. Lyford provides discreet private capital, bridging short-to-medium liquidity gaps for special situations by leveraging high-quality assets. Investments range from £2m to £20m.

With more than 30 years of experience in investment and specialty finance, Matt Meehan has deployed over £3bn in more than 200 companies in the US, UK and Europe. Toby Bundy has extensive experience restructuring and advising investors on special situations lending having previously built and sold a special situations investment platform.

Matt Meehan, Chief Investment Officer, Lyford commented: 

“We’re excited to bring Lyford to market and honoured to be part of the MAP portfolio of alternative managers. We’re covering the UK, Europe and offshore jurisdictions with financing for situations that fall between the cracks. Asset-backed lending is an attractive option because of its structural flexibility. We’ve already transacted a number of deals in October and another closing this month. There is a strong pipeline for the rest of the year.”

Eli Kent, CIO and Co-CEO of MAP, shared: 

“Lyford is hitting the ground running with completed deals and a strong pipeline further demonstrating their integrity, speed and flexibility to borrowers. We’re delighted to add Lyford to MAP’s long history of sourcing and underwriting world class niche investment firms.”