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Searchlight Capital Partners

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 161958

Filed as SEARCHLIGHT CAPITAL PARTNERS · Legal name Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P.

Searchlight Capital Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 15, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$17,513,561,018
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Searchlight Capital Partners compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Searchlight Capital Partners reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Searchlight Capital Partners located?

Searchlight Capital Partners' principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Searchlight Capital Partners registered with the SEC or a state?

Searchlight Capital Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 161958.

How much does Searchlight Capital Partners manage?

Searchlight Capital Partners reports $17,513,561,018 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 15, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Searchlight Capital Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Searchlight Capital Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $8,928,752,266 in the October 2021 data and $17,513,561,018 in the October 2026 data, up 96%. Total employees: 86 in October 2021 and 132 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Searchlight Capital Partners serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (73).

Does Searchlight Capital Partners report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/161958

What changed in Searchlight Capital Partners' recent Form ADV filings?

In the May 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$17,513,561,018

$17,513,561,018 as of October 2026, filing dated April 15, 2026.

Discretionary: $17,513,561,018.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 73 Assets $17,513,561,018 (100%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 132. Performing investment advisory functions: 69.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the May 2026 filing
LondonMiami, FLToronto
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$8.93B 2021 $10.2B 2022 $11.8B 2023 $15.2B 2024 $17.7B 2025 $17.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$17,513,561,018132April 15, 2026
October 2025$17,657,500,250131March 31, 2025
October 2024$15,214,484,066131March 31, 2024
October 2023$11,820,800,328120March 30, 2023
October 2022$10,224,372,957104March 31, 2022
October 2021$8,928,752,26686March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $8,928,752,266 in the October 2021 data and $17,513,561,018 in the October 2026 data, up 96%.

Total employees: 86 in October 2021 and 132 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. May 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Capital Partners II GP (Cayman), Ltd. (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Capital Partners GP (Cayman) Limited (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Opportunities Fund II AIV GP, LLC (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight WRN Co-Invest Partners GP, LLC (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Opportunities Fund II GP, L.P. (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Leo Co-Invest Partners GP, LLC (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Fiber Alliance 2022 GP, L.P. (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Capital Partners III GP, L.P (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Capital Partners II GP, L.P. (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Capital Partners Canada Ltd. (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Opportunities Fund GP, L.P. (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Capital Partners (FL), L.P. (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Capital Partners GP, L.P. (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Capital Partners UK, LLP (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight WNG Aggregator GP, LLC (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Capital II AIV GP, LLC (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight IV Leaf GP, LLC (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight III WNG GP, LLC (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight III FEY GP, LLC (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight III CVL GP, LLC (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight (DDI) I GP, LLC (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name SC II Opt Co-Invest GP, LLC (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Capital Partners CF SPK, GP, LLC.
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Capital Partners IV GP, L.P..
    • No longer lists the business name Searchlight Capital (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name SC III Opt GP, LLC (Relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name SCP SLP I GP, LLC (Relying Advisor).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
searchlightcap.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Searchlight Capital Partners (CRD 161958): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/searchlight-capital-partners-new-york-ny-161958