Bespoke financial solutions for unique investments.
Independent advisory, asset trading, and tailored capital markets for the owners and stewards of illiquid financial assets.
INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISING • ASSET TRADING • TAILORED CAPITAL MARKETS
A merchant-banking approach to the assets the market overlooks.
THE APPROACH
Three ways we create liquidity
When an asset has no ready market and no standard valuation, liquidity has to be engineered. We address it from three directions at once:
1. Connect
1. Connect
1. Connect
We match sellers with investors well suited to the asset, the situation, and the outcome they need — drawing on relationships built over decades.
2. Finance
1. Connect
1. Connect
We identify and structure sources of financing where conventional capital has stepped away, unlocking liquidity without necessitating a sale.
3. Acquire
1. Connect
3. Acquire
When it serves a seller's aims, we can, on occasion, acquire assets directly onto our own book — putting our conviction alongside our advice.
EXPERTISE
What we do
A single, senior point of contact across the full arc of a complex situation — from first valuation question to closed transaction.
Independent Financial Advising
Conflict-free view on valuation, structuring, timing, and for positions that defy a template.
Asset Trading
Discreet, principled execution across hard-to-trade instruments as required - helping to connect the right counterparties and clearing the path to settlement.
Capital Markets
Financing and transaction advisory for special situations, and investor facilitation for startups seeking growth capital.
THE NETWORK
A web of resources for complex assets & situations
Illiquid assets' unique features often make attracting capital challenging. No two illiquid assets are alike, so no single desk can address them all. Spider Lane operates as connective tissue across a network of specialized partners, counterparties, and capital sources — assembling the expertise each situation demands.
THE FIRM
Liquidity for the illiquid
After 2008, regulation and diminished risk appetite pulled the banks back from many smaller, complex, and unrated assets — at the same time, the large fund managers have continued to grow and have little appetite for situations that do not fit their scale. As a result, a whole class of ignored value was left without many buyers, lenders, or advisors. Spider Lane was built for exactly that space.
Spider Lane LLC specializes in monetization and liquidity solutions for the owners and stewards of illiquid financial assets - positions that lack an established market or a standard way to be valued. Each engagement is built around market conditions, timing, legal structure, tax implications, and the client's objectives.
LEADERSHIP
Shepard Siegel
Shep Siegel founded Spider Lane to do the work that large institutions typically pass on. His career spans Citibank, Goldman Sachs, and Fortress Investment Group, with deep experience in trade finance, commodities, corporate workouts and restructurings, and distressed trading and investing — as well as the corporate loan, leveraged finance, and high yield worlds.
For more detail: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siegelshepard/
GET IN TOUCH
Please consider reaching out to us if you have a position or asset that sounds like it may be a fit for Spider Lane.
EMAIL
info@spiderlanellc.com
PHONE
(646) 545 3202
OFFICE
515 Madison Avenue
37th Floor
New York, NY 10022
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