Farallon Capital Management: Platform Profile

Overview

Farallon Capital Management is a global alternative-investment manager founded in 1986.

Current legal identity:

• Legal adviser: Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C.
• CRD: 107322
• SEC number: 801-51763
• SEC registered investment adviser: Yes

Current first-party site displays:

• Public capital: $44B
• Employees: 350+
• Global offices: 7
• Partner owned: 100%

The $44B figure does not display a specific as-of date beside it.

May fit better for

• qualified private-fund investors;
• institutional opportunistic allocators;
• investors seeking credit and special situations;
• investors seeking merger/risk arbitrage;
• investors seeking real estate and strategic capital;
• investors comfortable with global public and private investments.

May fit less well for

• ordinary retail investors;
• users seeking a single Farallon investment style;
• investors looking for a universal fee schedule;
• users interpreting $0 ADV fund fields as open access;
• investors requiring one liquidity schedule;
• users who interpret capital-preservation emphasis as principal protection.

Six current strategy groups are explicit

Current first-party approach identifies:

1. Credit;
2. Long/Short Equity;
3. Merger Arbitrage;
4. Risk Arbitrage;
5. Real Estate Investments;
6. Strategic Capital.

Credit spans public and private markets

Current credit mandate can include mispriced or complex credit instruments in public and private markets.

Long/Short Equity is fundamental and catalyst-aware

Current first-party description:

• Long short equity: Yes
• Fundamental value analysis: Yes
• Short selling possible: Yes
• Options and derivatives possible: Yes

Merger and risk arbitrage are separate strategies

Farallon separately describes announced takeover spreads and broader theoretical/convergence arbitrage.

Real Estate can span debt and equity

Current first-party real estate mandate includes:

• liquid and illiquid credit;
• structured equity;
• common equity;
• real-estate assets and businesses.

Strategic Capital is a bespoke private-market strategy

Current first-party description includes equity, debt and more complex securities.

Public capital is $44B; regulatory AUM is $52.1B

• Public capital: $44B
• Public capital page observed: 2026-09-05
• Regulatory AUM: $52.1B
• Regulatory AUM as of: 2026-03-30

FCOI II Holdings has a $5M minimum reference

Current regulatory-derived data:

• FCOI II Holdings minimum: $5M

A related Farallon Capital Offshore Investors II record has shown a $0 ADV minimum field and high management ownership.

Current fee methods include asset-based and performance-based compensation

• Asset based fees possible: Yes
• Performance based fees possible: Yes

Leadership succession is current

Current Farallon history states:

• Managing Partner: Nicolas Giauque
• Managing Partner effective: 2025
• Executive Chair: Andrew Spokes

Assessment

Farallon is a genuinely opportunistic multi-strategy manager rather than a platform built around one flagship style.

Its six current strategies span public and private credit, long/short equity, two forms of arbitrage, real estate and strategic capital.

The current access data also show why a manager-level minimum must remain undisclosed: a $5M feeder/holding reference exists beside a $0 related ADV fund field that does not indicate retail access.