Data Centres & Digital Infrastructure
Hyperscale and edge facilities, power procurement, land banks and the operators behind them.
A private family office,
investing its own capital.
Lakeside Investments Company Ltd is a private family office. We invest and lend from our own balance sheet across real estate, infrastructure, energy and complex credit, in Asia, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and North America.
Australia · South-East Asia · Central Asia · Europe · United Kingdom · North America
I. Approach
Our own capital, decided by the people who commit it.
There is no fund and no outside investors. Origination and structuring are handled with long-standing affiliates in Brisbane, Melbourne, Hong Kong and London, but the capital and the decision sit in one place, which means we can move quickly and hold positions for as long as they need.
We are comfortable with transactions that take work: multiple jurisdictions, difficult documentation, or a counterparty that needs a partner who understands banks and regulators. We keep client matters confidential as a matter of course.
Sole Advisor
Capital Markets Consultants is the sole advisor to Lakeside. All origination, structuring and correspondence passes through them.
$4.5B+
Transactions completed
A$3.5B+
Australian real estate, 35 years
US$1.52bn
Largest single investment
50 yrs
In Asian banking
II. Coverage
Five regions. One balance sheet.
- AsiaHong Kong · Singapore · Malaysia · Central Asia
- AustraliaNSW · VIC · QLD · WA
- EuropeGreece · Mediterranean coastal holdings
- United KingdomLondon: advisory and syndication
- North AmericaSelected credit and infrastructure
III. Disciplines
The list below describes where capital has been placed, not the limit of what we will consider. We look at most things, in most sectors, provided the asset is real and the people behind it are known to us.
Energy & Transition
Generation, waste-to-energy, storage, transmission and long-dated, offtake-contracted assets.
Natural Resources
Mining, upstream and processing interests, including precious and critical minerals.
Property & Development
Hotels, residential, industrial and mixed-use, from land assembly to completed income assets.
Private Credit & Special Situations
Secured lending, rescue and bridge finance, distressed positions and companies leaving administration.
Banking & Financial Services
Banks, lenders, payments and licensed financial platforms, where our experience is deepest.
Operating Businesses
Control and minority positions in profitable private companies, including succession and buyout situations.
Transport, Logistics & Agriculture
Ports, fleets, warehousing, food production and land, where scale and contracts are durable.
IV. The Chairman
Fifty years
in banking
Supervisor · Chairman · Corporate Director
Half a century as a supervisor of banks and on the boards of banks, across Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Macau and the Philippines.
- Regulatory
- Senior banking supervision roles at the central bank and monetary authority level in Australia and Hong Kong, including deputy commissioner rank.
- Chairmanships
- Chairman of licensed banks in Malaysia and Macau, and of listed property trusts and investment companies on the Singapore exchange.
- Present
- Adviser to a Hong Kong financial holding group, and a board committee chairman at a listed Asian aviation leasing group.
- Distinctions
- First Class Honours in Economics and a named university scholarship. Fellow of two professional bodies in accounting and corporate governance.
Enquiries are welcome
by introduction.
We don't market for mandates or publish a transaction record. If we know you, or someone we work with does, write to the registered office. Approaches may also be made through our sole advisor, Capital Markets Consultants.
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