HOME ABOUT US COVERAGE CRITERIA TEAM COMMUNITY MEDIA CONTACT ABOUT US The Essentials The common goal is excellence. In everything we do, we establish ambitious but sustainable benchmarks. We strive for consistent delivery of excellence, not only across what we do but also how we do it. We always push beyond expectation. Welcome to First Avenue First Avenue is a global advisory and capital placement business. We are forthright, realistic and focused on the success of the clients that we represent. We aim to deliver beyond expectations. We are the benchmark for others. A message from our CEO, Paul Buckley We are a global business modelled on the US and British merchant banks that existed and prospered before financial markets' deregulation in the US in 1974 and in the UK in 1985. These institutions were midsized, leanly capitalised and highly profitable. They were well run and featured the highest quality staff; people who were trained with great care. Reputation was at the heart of everything they did and they chose their clients with even greater care. The original merchant banks operated in lightly regulated and opaque debt and equity markets. These were in many respects similar to today's alternative investment markets. Their unique position often presented informational advantages which were addressed only in full alignment (and never in conflict) with their clients. First Avenue strives to achieve the highest standards set by the most reputable merchant banks. We are a unique firm in the process of building the world's first alternatives focused merchant bank. CONTACT LONDON, UK Swan House, 17-19 Stratford Place, London, W1C 1BQ Tel: +44 20 7016 6600 Fax: +44 20 7016 6699 NEW YORK, USA FAP USA, L.P. Grace Building, 1114 Avenue of the Americas, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10036 Tel: +1 212 750 5310 SAN FRANCISCO, USA 810 College Ave, Kentfield, CA 94904 Tel: +1 212 750 5310 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Suite 506b, 95 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 Tel: +61 02 8249 8245 CONNECT WITH FIRSTAVENUE REGULATED IN THE USA & UK Media Contact Regulatory Privacy Policy Site Map