Adams Street makes private credit promotions
Adams Street Partners has promoted two members of its private credit team to partners, in a sign of the ongoing growth of its private credit strategy.
Emily Shiau and Nolan Pauker officially became partners on 1 January 2025. They had both been longstanding members of the company’s private credit team, with responsibility for sourcing, structuring, reviewing and negotiating deal opportunities.
Shiau joined the firm in 2016. Prior to Adams Street, she held positions at Alvarez & Marsal within their restructuring investment banking team, and was in leveraged finance at Citigroup.
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Pauker joined Adams Street from SLR Capital in 2019. At SLR, he was a private credit investment professional for a number of years. He began his career in the financial restructuring group of Houlihan Lokey Capital.
“Emily and Nolan’s contributions have been significant in driving the strategy’s achievements amid surging private credit interest,” said Bill Sacher, partner and head of private credit at Adams Street.
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“We look forward to their enhanced leadership roles as we continue to grow the strategy and seek to deliver value within the core middle market.”
Both Shiau and Pauker will continue to be based in the firm’s New York City office.
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