WHO WE ARE
Southland Capital Partners (“SCP”), is a Los Angeles based private equity firm. SCP was established in 1998 in Los Angeles, California. Southland Capital Management ("SCM") is affiliated with SCP, and manages investment funds for third party investors. SCM was established in 2008.
SCP began by focusing in the private equity sector by acquiring controlling interests in middle market companies based in the Southern California region.
In 2008, SCP decided to focus its activities in the alternative asset sector to on Public Equity. For several years, the principals of the firm have been investing for their own account in the common stock of high yielding U.S. public companies. We decided to establish SCM to invest third party funds.
PRINCIPALS OF SOUTHLAND CAPITAL PARTNERS AND SOUTHLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
The managing partners of both SCP and SCM are Nicholas Marshi and William J. Hansen.
NICHOLAS MARSHI: 
Nicholas Marshi Prior to forming SCP with Mr Hansen, Mr. Marshi managed Kensington Capital Corporation ("KCC"), another private-equity investment firm. Founded in 1990, KCC acquired four companies between 1992-1995, and one add-on acquisition. KCC specialized in acquiring control interests in privately-held, SouthernCalifornia based middle market companies. The combined companies had aggregate sales in excess of $75 million and over 1,000 employees. KCC ceased adding new acquisitions in 1999.
Prior to establishing KCC, Mr Marshi was the head of the Los Angeles office of Kleinwort Benson Limited, a British merchant bank, from 1987-1990. Mr Marshi managed a nine person office, and was involved in leading investment banking, lending and principal investing activities (both directly in middle market companies and in funds managed by Kleinwort Benson and other institutions).
Prior to joining Kleinwort Benson, Mr Marshi held various positions with Citibank at locations worldwide including Athens, Dubai, Puerto Rico and London.
Mr Marshi is a graduate of Tufts University (B.A.) and Harvard University (M.A.).
WILLIAM HANSEN: 
Bill Hansen Prior to co-founding SCP in 1998, Mr Hansen ran his own investment banking firm-Hansen Capital. Established in 1990, Hansen Capital was principally involved in identifying potential M&A prospects for would-be buyers. Mr. Hansen was retained by a number of private equity firms (including Westphere Capital and MCCowen De Leeuw & Company) to source buyout transactions. Hansen Capital also worked closely witb the Seidler Company in Los Angeles and Prometheus partners in Atlanta in a similar capacity. Besides identifying prospective private company acquisitions, Hansen Capital was also involved in arranging debt financings for borrowers.
Mr. Hansen began his career with Dahlke & Co., a broker dealer on Wall St. in NYC in the municipal bond-trading department in 1978. The firm was acquired in 1986 by Mercantile House Holdings Limited. In 1988, Mr. Hansen left Mercantile to work closely with WestSphere Capital, developing many contacts in the LBO community. In 1990 Mr. Hansen established Hansen Capital and relocated from NYC to Los Angeles.
Mr Hansen in a graduate of the University of Vermont (B.A.).
For a list of all the transactions which Messrs Marshi and Hansen have been involved with since 1990, click here.