Summit Partners Credit Advisors, L.P. (Boston)


Summit Partners Credit Advisors, L.P. is a large advisory firm based in Boston. It manages $1.61 billion of regulatory assets for 12 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2010 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California and Massachusetts.

Summit Partners Credit Advisors provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Summit Partners Credit Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Summit Partners Credit Advisors, L.P. is $1.61 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 581% since the beginning of its operation, and $421.35 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $1.61 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $134.05 million each.
Summit Partners Credit Advisors has custody of $1.61 billion in cash and securities for 12 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Summit Partners Credit Advisors, L.P. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management and performance-based fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Summit Partners Credit Advisors serves?

The only and largest group of clients of Summit Partners Credit Advisors is pooled investment vehicles with 12 clients and $1.61 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Summit Partners Credit Advisors has the highest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.61 billion for 12 clients. 50% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Summit Partners Credit Advisors also advises several private funds. Namely, nine private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $5,000,000 for each fund.

Careers at Summit Partners Credit Advisors, L.P.

The company employs 21 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 100 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Summit Master Company Llc General partner 1 Feb 2010 Other 04-3478655
L.P. Summit Partners Limited partner 1 Feb 2010 75% - 100% 135271
Robin Winters Devereux Chief compliance officer 1 Feb 2010 Other 2132388
James Freeland Limited partner 1 Feb 2010 Other 6317616
Todd Dustin Hearle Limited partner 1 Feb 2010 Other 2560434
Llc Summit Master Company General partner 1 Feb 2010 Other 04-3478655
Gregg Justin Nardone Limited partner 1 Feb 2010 Other 2709017
Robert M. Hassell Limited partner 1 Aug 2015 Other 4721874
Robin Winters Devereux Chief administrative officer 1 Jul 2018 Other 2132388
Adam D Britt Limited partner 1 Dec 2018 Other 7089084
Erin Helen White Chief compliance officer 1 Jul 2019 Other 7152170

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 16 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Stephen Gilbert Woodsum Board member 1 Aug 1999 Other 4947280
Llc Summit Master Company General partner 1 Aug 1999 Other 043478655
Walter German Kortschak Board member 1 Aug 1999 Other 4947356
Thomas Scott Roberts Board member 1 Dec 2000 Other 4947357
Martin Joseph Mannion Board member 1 Dec 2000 Other 1299321
Bruce Roger Evans Board member 1 Dec 2000 Other 4947358
Joseph Francis Trustey Board member 1 Dec 2000 Other 4947359
James Richard Westra Board member 1 Apr 2006 Other 1491386
Peter Y Chung Board member 1 Nov 2011 Other 4950552
Scott Charles Collins Board member 1 Sep 2015 Other 5502675
Thomas Hungerford Jennings Board member 1 Aug 2017 Other 5650902
John Robert Carroll Board member 1 Aug 2017 Other 6852829
Craig David Frances Board member 1 Aug 2017 Other 6852834
Charles James Fitzgerald Board member 1 Aug 2017 Other 6852833
Martin Joseph Mannion Board member 1 Feb 2019 Other 1299321
Darren Michael Black Board member 1 Feb 2019 Other 6179107

Based in Boston

The principal office where Summit Partners Credit Advisors, L.P. performs its advisory services is located at 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 3748, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Menlo Park, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 617-824-1000 or by fax 624-824-1100. The normal business hours are 8:00 am - 5:00 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at summitpartners.com.