October 6, 2025
Willkie advised Tayeh Capital Group (TCG), a relationship-based and growth focused private equity firm that takes a differentiated approach to investing and building enduring value, in connection with its official launch on October 1, 2025. TCG is led by Dave Tayeh and Jay Alix, with backing from GCM Grosvenor, a global alternative asset management solutions provider.
Founded by Tayeh and Alix, proven investors, business innovators and longtime collaborators, TCG will partner primarily with founders and management teams of family-owned, rapidly growing middle market companies, focusing on business services sectors with strong fundamentals benefiting from secular tailwinds. As Managing Partner, Tayeh will lead investment and fundraising activities from TCG’s primary office in New York. Alix, founder of AlixPartners, will serve as Senior Advisor and a member of the Investment Committee. The greater TCG team has an extensive history of working together as investors and operators and will bring a deep network of industry relationships to support investment sourcing and value creation initiatives.
Backing TCG is GCM Grosvenor’s Sponsor Solutions platform, which provides catalytic seed investments to emerging private equity firms and helps founders launch and scale their platforms. TCG represents the third investment from the strategy’s inaugural fund, which completed its final close in December 2024 with nearly $800 million in committed capital.
Prior to launching TCG, Tayeh was Global Head of Private Equity at Investcorp, a leading global alternative investment firm, where he was a member of the Executive Committee, Operating Committee and various Investment Committees.
Alix founded management consulting firm AlixPartners in 1981 and was an early leader in advising businesses on operational turnarounds. Alix remains a board member and shareholder of AlixPartners and is involved in a range of philanthropic initiatives.
The Willkie team was led by partners Phillip Isom, Jordan Messinger and Terence Rozier-Byrd, and included partners James Anderson, Thomas Cerabino, Matthew Feldman and Russell Pinilis, and associates Matthew Pei, Darius Crolle, Kristie Kang and Adam Vegh.
Founded by Tayeh and Alix, proven investors, business innovators and longtime collaborators, TCG will partner primarily with founders and management teams of family-owned, rapidly growing middle market companies, focusing on business services sectors with strong fundamentals benefiting from secular tailwinds. As Managing Partner, Tayeh will lead investment and fundraising activities from TCG’s primary office in New York. Alix, founder of AlixPartners, will serve as Senior Advisor and a member of the Investment Committee. The greater TCG team has an extensive history of working together as investors and operators and will bring a deep network of industry relationships to support investment sourcing and value creation initiatives.
Backing TCG is GCM Grosvenor’s Sponsor Solutions platform, which provides catalytic seed investments to emerging private equity firms and helps founders launch and scale their platforms. TCG represents the third investment from the strategy’s inaugural fund, which completed its final close in December 2024 with nearly $800 million in committed capital.
Prior to launching TCG, Tayeh was Global Head of Private Equity at Investcorp, a leading global alternative investment firm, where he was a member of the Executive Committee, Operating Committee and various Investment Committees.
Alix founded management consulting firm AlixPartners in 1981 and was an early leader in advising businesses on operational turnarounds. Alix remains a board member and shareholder of AlixPartners and is involved in a range of philanthropic initiatives.
The Willkie team was led by partners Phillip Isom, Jordan Messinger and Terence Rozier-Byrd, and included partners James Anderson, Thomas Cerabino, Matthew Feldman and Russell Pinilis, and associates Matthew Pei, Darius Crolle, Kristie Kang and Adam Vegh.
