Chatham Financial announced that it has acquired the JCRA Group, significantly expanding the firm’s presence in Europe to create a global powerhouse in financial risk management solutions.

Chatham and JCRA specialize in providing debt and derivatives solutions to commercial real estate, private equity, infrastructure, financial institutions, and corporate clients. Chatham and JCRA collectively serve over 3,000 clients and advise on more than 20,000 transactions with a notional amount in excess of US$ 700 billion each year. The merged firm will lead the industry in capital markets expertise, transaction volume, and technology—providing clients access to the data, tools, and advice they need to manage financial risk.

With decades of experience helping clients manage capital market risk, the caliber of the Chatham and the JCRA teams and their deep expertise will create an unparalleled advisory practice. With almost 700 employees, the combined firm will continue to focus on providing interest rate, foreign currency, inflation, and commodity hedging services, hedge accounting, valuation, and debt management solutions—all backed by Chatham’s proprietary technology platform.

This transaction represents a successful exit for JCRA’s external investor, Connection Capital. The integrated firm will continue to be independent and 100% employee-owned, serving clients from offices in London, Singapore, Melbourne, Toronto, Denver, Krakow, and Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.