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Two New Partners on the Private Credit Team Highlight Strategy Strength and Growth

CHICAGO, IL – February 3, 2025 – Adams Street Partners, LLC, a leading private markets investment management firm with more than $61 billion in assets under management (“Adams Street”), today announced the promotions of Emily Shiau and Nolan Pauker to Partners on the Private Credit Team, effective January 1, 2025. These promotions underscore the firm’s commitment to the continued growth of its private credit strategy and follow Adams Street’s seventh consecutive year of being recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work in Money Management.”1

Emily Shiau and Nolan Pauker

Shiau and Pauker, both longstanding senior members of the Private Credit team, have been integral to the success of the strategy and support all aspects of the decision-making process, including sourcing, structuring, reviewing and negotiating deal opportunities. Both are based in the firm’s New York City office.

“Emily and Nolan’s contributions have been significant in driving the strategy’s achievements amid surging private credit interest,” said Bill Sacher, Partner & Head of Private Credit at Adams Street. “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.”

Shiau joined the firm in 2016 and was recognized as one of PEI’s Women of Influence in Private Markets in 2023 for her outstanding contributions to the industry and achievements throughout her career.2 Prior to Adams Street, Shiau held positions at Alvarez & Marsal within their Restructuring Investment Banking team and was in Leveraged Finance at Citigroup.

Pauker joined Adams Street in 2019. Prior to Adams Street, he worked at SLR Capital Partners, LLC, where 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, Inc.


About Adams Street Partners

Adams Street Partners is a global private markets investment manager with investments in more than 30 countries across five continents. The firm is 100% employee-owned and has $61 billion in assets under management across primary, secondary, growth equity, credit, and co-investment strategies. Adams Street strives to generate actionable investment insights across market cycles by drawing on over 50 years of private markets experience, proprietary intelligence, and trusted relationships. Adams Street has offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, London, Menlo Park, Munich, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo. Visit www.adamsstreetpartners.com

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1. Adams Street Partners, Winner of Pension and Investment’s Best Places to work in Money Management 2024. Pensions and Investment’s Best Places to Work in Money Management 2024 list recognizes 113 employers that celebrate the hard work and diligence of their staff. View the full list of winners here: https://www.pionline.com/best-places-to-work/2024 Award issued December 2024. Awards conducted by Pensions and Investments. Participants were ranked against employers of similar size and winners were selected using a two-step process. The first step was self-reporting by eligible participants with regard to policies, practices, benefits, and demographics in a questionnaire and the second step was an employee engagement and satisfaction survey. Adams Street did not directly or indirectly provide compensation for inclusion in this ranking. The description and the selection methodologies of rankings and awards can be subjective and will often vary; additional information on the ranking or award methodologies is available from the sponsor. These rankings or awards may not represent investor experience with Adams Street or Adams Street’s Funds or services, nor do they constitute a recommendation of Adams Street or its services. Such ranking or award is not necessarily indicative of Adams Street’s past or future performance.
2. Emily Shiau – PEI Group’s Women of Influence in Private Markets, 2023. PEI Group’s Women of Influence in Private Markets recognizes women whose achievements, innovation and leadership are reshaping private markets across a broad range of asset classes. View the full list of winners here: https://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/women-of-influence-2023-private-debt/ Award issued July 2023. Awards conducted by PEI Group. Awardee selections were based on PEI Group’s evaluation of each nominee based on the period from March 2022-2023 and including (1) achievements in their career or industry, (2) evidence of innovative activity, and (3) evidence of industry leadership or influence. Adams Street did not directly or indirectly provide compensation for inclusion in this ranking. The description and the selection methodologies of rankings and awards can be subjective and will often vary; additional information on the ranking or award methodologies is available from the sponsor. These rankings or awards may not represent investor experience with Adams Street or Adams Street’s Funds or services, nor do they constitute a recommendation of Adams Street or its services. Such ranking or award is not necessarily indicative of Adams Street’s past or future performance.

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