The firm was founded in 2001 and has offices across Europe, the United States, Asia, and Latin America. It focuses on the mid-market, catering to sectors including real estate, financial institutions, technology, healthcare, chemicals, food, industrial, automotive, aerospace and defense, and retail. Alantra's investment banking division provides independent advisory on mergers and acquisitions, debt advisory, financial restructuring, credit portfolio, and capital markets transactions. The firm's Credit Portfolio Advisory team is the leading portfolio advisory unit in Europe, having advised on more than 140 transactions for a total volume of c. €83bn in the last three years. In Alternative Asset Management, Alantra offers its clients unique access to a wide range of investment strategies in seven highly specialized asset management classes.