Lone Star Funds (Lone Star) is a global investment firm that acquires distressed debt and equity assets including corporate, commercial real estate, single family residential and consumer debt products as well as banks and asset rich operating companies requiring rationalization. Since the establishment of its first fund in 1995, the principals of Lone Star have organized private equity funds totaling approximately $33 billion of capital that has been invested globally through Lone Star’s worldwide network of affiliate offices. The funds are structured as closed-end, private-equity limited partnerships that include corporate and public pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, university endowments, foundations, fund of funds and high net worth individuals.