Blackbrook PartnersExecutive Search for Private Markets
We place investors, fundraisers and leaders into Europe's leading private markets funds. Specialist by design, senior by default.
A specialist firm for a specialist market
What is your role worth?
Typical London pay by strategy and level, from our own market data.
All compensation data is gathered by our consultants through direct, confidential conversations with the market, 2024 to 2026. Every record is anonymised and no individual figures are ever shared. The figures shown are drawn from the wider dataset to give a representative view of pay at each level; base and bonus are medians, so they need not add up to the total. Carry usually starts at VP or Director and is not included.
Where we work
Six practices covering the full private credit capital structure, plus the investor relations teams that raise the money.
Direct Lending
Senior, unitranche and junior capital teams across the European sponsor and non sponsor markets.
ExploreSpecial Situations and Opportunistic Credit
Capital solutions, stressed and distressed, hybrid capital and opportunistic credit investors.
ExploreAsset Based and Specialty Finance
Asset backed, specialty finance and fund finance investors, one of the fastest growing corners of private credit.
ExploreInfrastructure and Real Estate Debt
Lending teams financing infrastructure, energy transition and real estate across the capital structure.
ExploreInvestor Relations and Fundraising
Fundraising, product and investor relations professionals for private markets managers raising capital.
ExploreCapital Markets and Leveraged Finance
Moving the best bank talent into funds, and building capital markets teams inside managers and sponsors.
ExploreMarket Intelligence: Recent Moves 2026
Senior moves across European private markets in 2026, as published on our LinkedIn.
Hiring, or thinking about your next move?
Speak to the team in confidence.