“Lantern is a special situations merchant bank providing capital and counsel. We foster long-term value by partnering with management in helping companies solve operational, financial and complex transaction process issues. Our team believes in hands-on investment management and partnership with leading industry executives.”
OUR FIRM
Mission Statement
To provide investors, executives and other stakeholders with expert guidance and capital resources to navigate business challenges while delivering superior risk-adjusted returns for our partners.
Business Principles
Lantern is defined by the following core values:
Alignment of Interests
Maintaining an alignment of interests is critical to our investment strategy. We are personally invested and will troubleshoot and succeed beside our partners and clients.
Ultimately, we must remain dedicated to safeguarding the capital and trust of our clients by being the best stewards and fiduciaries. If we serve our partners and clients well, our collective success will follow.
Honesty & Integrity
We maintain transparency and honesty with strong moral principles to navigate our business endeavors. Lantern does the right things for the right reasons.
Diversity & Talent
Great organizations and solutions are built by employing and empowering the best people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. As a top-performing restructuring and turnaround firm, we uncover new and different opinions to challenge our assumptions and plans for the future. Therefore, we are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace where people can strive through a culture of radical candor, transparency and trust in the power of teamwork.
Partnership
Through our focused area of expertise in restructuring and turnaround management, Lantern identifies and partners with the best-in-class subject matter experts and management teams to create mutual value for our investors and clients.
Truth & Innovation
Our business model relies on a relentless pursuit of truth and understanding of a situation. This deep understanding is subsequently matched by our ability to create opportunities with new approaches and resources. Our industry-agnostic approach combined with our restructuring expertise allows us to constantly challenge the status quo, embrace creative disruption and drive innovation. Lantern is committed to leaving each situation better than we found it.
Excellence Maintained Through Meritocracy
Lantern’s historical track record of success is because of our people, the quality of our work and the results that exceed our client’s expectations. This requires a perpetual emphasis on a culture that is driven by meritocracy, determination and hard work. We are inspired by the belief that we are only as good as our last piece of work.