“Turning complexity into Opportunity”

About Us

J.C. Marlin Capital is an investment firm which focuses on investing in a broad range of credit and hard asset classes, including corporate loans & bonds, liquidations, and real estate. The investment focus is special opportunities where credit may be scarce, and the downside is protected by tangible asset value or future cash flow.

Members of J.C. Marlin Capital’s investment team and investment committee have been working together since 2009 through the wave of restructurings that took place in Spain following the Global Financial Crisis. In 2018 J.C. Marlin Capital became an independent firm, establishing a proprietary and successful track record ever since.  

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Investment Criteria

J.C. Marlin Capital acquires opportunistic credit situations in Spain principally asset-backed NPLs and opportunistic assets with repositioning potential at a significant discount to extract value from market dislocations. Given our focus on smaller investments, transactions are sized appropriately to reach controlling stake or sole lender position, allowing to command all future negotiations.

The firm is uniquely positioned to profit from “off-the-run” and non-competed opportunities, as most pan-European funds require a minimum ticket size of €50 million. Our local footprint and established track-record has developed into strong, bilateral relationships with banks and secondary funds, allowing from direct, non-intermediated sourcing.   

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Our Strategies

J.C. Marlin Capital has three principal strategies operated out of the firm's Madrid and Miami offices.

European Credit (Spain and Portugal)

Credit opportunities focused predominantly on senior secured corporate loans and bonds purchased through the secondary market.

European Oportunistic Assets (Spain and Portugal)

Oportunistic assets focused predominantly on real estate and financially distressed companies sourced in secondary markets.

Global Credit

Credit opportunities focused predominantly on senior secured corporate loans and bonds via the secondary market.

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Active portfolio

Since the launch of MG1, MG2, MG3, MAY-4 and MG5, J.C. Marlin Capital has invested over €250 million in debt balances across a variety of sectors, generating consistently high returns in:

  • Real Estate

  • Hospitality

  • Agriculture and Food Chain

  • Healthcare (incl. Hospitals)

  • Industrials

J.C. Marlin Capital by numbers

Purchased Portfolios:

16

Divested Portfolios:

14

Real Estate Units Team Track Record:

c.2481

Corporate Restructuring Transactions Track Record:

c.225

Investment Team Distressed and Restructuring Track Record:

+€8 billion

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Investment Team

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Itziar Ventura

Legal Execution | Barcelona

Arturo Cabrera

Investor Manager | Madrid

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Jorge Lledías

Investment Analyst | Madrid

Andres Szwarcberg

Investment Analyst | Madrid

Carlos de la Fuente

Chief Legal Officer | Vigo - Madrid

Gonzalo Calderón

Principal/MD | Madrid

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Advisory Board

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Enrique Moreno de la Cova

Chairman of the Advisory Board

Eduardo Córdoba

Investment Committee | Madrid

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Daniel Kattan

Advisory Board | Miami

Mariano Villalonga

Advisory Board | Madrid

Jonathan H. Holley

Advisory Board | London

Roberto J. Arguello

Advisory Board | Miami

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Francisco Burgos

Advisory Board | Madrid

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“Disrupting exotic assets into profitable risk-adjusted returns”

contact us

At J.C. Marlin Capital we are committed to employing universal talent in all aspects of our business. We are looking for professionals to develop investment and business functions that contribute to the growth of our company. We want people who are driven to be the best and who promote a culture of teamwork and commitment to the company.

If you want to join the J.C. Marlin Capital team fill in the form and send us your CV.

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