Houlihan Lokey Advises Oakley Capital

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Affinitas Education (Affinitas), a portfolio company of Oakley Capital Limited (Oakley Capital), has completed a debt refinancing. Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive financing advisor on the transaction.

Founded in 2022 and headquartered in the U.K., Affinitas is a premier global K-12 education group currently operating 30+ schools across seven countries and serving 20,000+ students. Affinitas works with founders and educators to strengthen what makes each school distinctive, combining global expertise with respect for local identity. It provides specialised advice and mentoring to school leadership teams, supports teacher recruitment and professional development, invests in facilities and learning spaces, and develops innovative academic programmes and resources. By reducing administrative burdens and fostering collaboration across schools, Affinitas enables leaders and teachers to spend more time with their students. Its approach pairs educational and financial expertise with a strong culture of care, safeguarding, and child protection, empowering schools to achieve more while preserving their unique ethos.

Oakley Capital, founded in 2002, is a leading private equity fund manager with a strong track record of investing in high-quality, growing businesses across Europe. It has a particular focus on the education sector, having completed seven platform deals in the space, and has supported Affinitas since its inception in 2022. In September 2025, Oakley Capital announced a renewed commitment to Affinitas, including investing new capital in the platform alongside two third-party co-investors.

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