LionTree Partners

LionTree Partners, founded in 2012, is an independent investment and merchant bank with a stated focus on the media, technology, communications, consumer and creative industries. It describes its role as bringing capital together with ideas to support growth and transformation in the global digital economy, and frames its approach around long-term impact rather than one-off deals. Its Public Markets business, headed by Leslie Mallon since she joined in late 2015, advises companies pursuing a public listing and works with large asset managers on public equity and pre-IPO investments in the sector; Mallon previously worked at UBS and Credit Suisse. Zaina Shariff joined the Public Markets team in 2021.