Robert Horak

Managing Director
Chicago Valuations & Opinions +1 (312) 580-2804
I am passionate about combining my background in capital markets and private credit transactions with sound valuation principles to provide clients with market-leading perspectives and advice.

Bob draws upon more than 30 years of experience in the private capital markets to provide insightful valuation and transaction opinion services to a variety of clients including private credit funds, private equity funds, business development companies, hedge funds, credit opportunity funds, pension funds and mutual funds. Given his extensive background working with private credit and private equity funds, Bob focuses primarily on valuing illiquid debt and equity securities for fair value accounting purposes within the portfolios of investment funds.

Bob also utilizes his industry relationships to market the firm’s services and has been a frequent speaker on the topic of trends and conditions in the private capital markets.

Prior to joining the Valuations & Opinions Group, Bob spent 18 years in Lincoln’s Capital Advisory Group, where he served as co-head. Prior to joining Lincoln, Bob spent 13 years as a private credit lender including 10 years at Heller Financial and three years at GE Capital.

Bob earned a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Illinois. He is a certified public accountant.

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Webinar | The Latest Trends in Global Financings

On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, Lincoln International’s global Capital Advisory Group hosted a webinar to discuss market insights from the 20+ financing transactions Lincoln has completed to date in 2021.… Read More

Dividend Recap Activity Reaches All-Time High

What drives this activity and what risks do boards face? As the initial economic fallout from COVID-19 dissipated towards the end of 2020, the drought of dividend recaps in 1H20… Read More

Lincoln International’s Capital Advisory Group Identifies Global Financing Trends in 2021

Throughout COVID-19, one question has come up time and again: Are lenders open for business? The resounding answer: YES. There has been strong appetite among lenders to provide financing—especially for… Read More

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Pitchbook | Q&A: The State of Global Lending

View original post from Pitchbook on September 16, 2019 here.                                           … Read More

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