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Legion Partners
Company typeenum
Private
Founded yearint
2012
Operating statusenum
Operating
Ownership categoryenum
Headcount rangeband
1–10
akta.pro rankint
HeadquartersLos Angeles, United States
HQ citystring
Los Angeles
HQ countrystring
United States
HQ regionstring
North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Keyword5 values
activist investing, special situations, investment management, shareholder activism, equity investments
Industry1 code
1Activist Equity Long/Short
CodeFSAHAAAIPrimaryYes
NAICS code2 codes
  • Other Financial Vehicles52599
  • Other Investment Pools and Funds5259
SIC code1 code
  • Finance Services6199
Product category
Investment Management
Cost components3 values
Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D
GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeServices
Services
Core offering1 text field

Legion Partners is a long-term oriented activist fund that identifies and takes significant equity positions in special situations involving underperforming or undervalued public and private companies. The firm engages cooperatively with portfolio companies, often through board representation, to drive strategic change and unlock shareholder value on behalf of its limited partner investors.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Product and service2 records
1Legion Partners Special Opportunities, L.P. XI
CategoryInvestment fund / limited partnership
2Legion Partners activist investment strategy
Scale indicator1 record

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Type, Value, Description, Source

Recent move4 records

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Date, Type, Title, Description, Source

Expansion highlight2 records

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Type, Description

Peers10 records
TypeDirect peer
Description

Small/mid-cap activist fund that takes concentrated equity stakes and engages with portfolio company boards on capital allocation and strategic issues — closely analogous in size and strategy to Legion Partners.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Cleveland-based activist and alternative-investment firm that secures board seats and pushes strategic changes at small/mid-cap public companies, comparable in deal style and target market to Legion Partners.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Small/mid-cap value-oriented activist fund that takes concentrated stakes and engages constructively with management — comparable in AUM range, target universe, and engagement approach to Legion Partners.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Event-driven and activist fund focused on small/mid-cap companies, frequently negotiating cooperation agreements and board representation — directly comparable strategy and scale to Legion Partners.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Activist fund that targets undervalued healthcare and industrial small/mid-caps and often secures board seats — overlapping engagement tactics and target-company profile with Legion Partners.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Activist fund with a long track record of constructive engagement at small/mid-cap industrials, frequently entering cooperation agreements — directly comparable in approach and scale to Legion Partners.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Activist fund focused on mid-cap consumer and industrial companies, frequently pursuing board representation and operational improvements — overlapping target universe and tactics with Legion Partners.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Event-driven and activist fund that takes significant positions in small/mid-cap companies and engages with boards — comparable AUM range and activist mandate to Legion Partners.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Large, established activist and alternative-investment manager with a broadly diversified activist portfolio — provides a benchmark for what Legion Partners could scale into, but operates at materially larger AUM and global scale.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Activist and value fund pursuing shareholder activism in closed-end funds and small-cap equities, with comparable AUM scale and a similar constructive-engagement style to Legion Partners.

Market position
Strengths4 records

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Weaknesses4 records

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Competitive moat3 records

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Key risks5 records

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Key highlights5 records

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Customer concentration

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Segment1 record

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Ideal customer profile1 record

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Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

Technology focused
No
API detail
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Number of profiles
Profiles2 records

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Funding rounds

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Investors

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Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

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M&A

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Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

Investment1 record

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Legion Partners

Investment Managementlegionpartners.com

Legion Partners firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Legion Partners
Website
https://legionpartners.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
2012
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
1–10 employees
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Legion Partners industry classification

Industry
Product category
Investment Management
NAICS
Other Financial Vehicles (52599), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259)
SIC
Finance Services (6199)
akta.pro primary industry
Activist Equity Long/Short (FSAHAAAI)

Keywords

  • Activist investing
  • Special situations
  • Investment management
  • Shareholder activism
  • Equity investments

Where Legion Partners is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Los Angeles
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Markets served

Legion Partners business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Legion Partners product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Legion Partners is a long-term oriented activist fund that identifies and takes significant equity positions in special situations involving underperforming or undervalued public and private companies. The firm engages cooperatively with portfolio companies, often through board representation, to drive strategic change and unlock shareholder value on behalf of its limited partner investors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Legion Partners Special Opportunities, L.P. XI
  • Legion Partners activist investment strategy

Companies that use Legion Partners

Customer profile

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Legion Partners technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Legion Partners partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Legion Partners competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Engine Capital: Small/mid-cap activist fund that takes concentrated equity stakes and engages with portfolio company boards on capital allocation and strategic issues — closely analogous in size and strategy to Legion Partners.
  • Ancora Holdings: Cleveland-based activist and alternative-investment firm that secures board seats and pushes strategic changes at small/mid-cap public companies, comparable in deal style and target market to Legion Partners.
  • Red Mountain Capital Partners: Small/mid-cap value-oriented activist fund that takes concentrated stakes and engages constructively with management — comparable in AUM range, target universe, and engagement approach to Legion Partners.
  • Lion Point Capital: Event-driven and activist fund focused on small/mid-cap companies, frequently negotiating cooperation agreements and board representation — directly comparable strategy and scale to Legion Partners.
  • Sarissa Capital Management: Activist fund that targets undervalued healthcare and industrial small/mid-caps and often secures board seats — overlapping engagement tactics and target-company profile with Legion Partners.
  • Crescendo Partners: Activist fund with a long track record of constructive engagement at small/mid-cap industrials, frequently entering cooperation agreements — directly comparable in approach and scale to Legion Partners.
  • Marcato Capital Management: Activist fund focused on mid-cap consumer and industrial companies, frequently pursuing board representation and operational improvements — overlapping target universe and tactics with Legion Partners.
  • Greywolf Capital Management: Event-driven and activist fund that takes significant positions in small/mid-cap companies and engages with boards — comparable AUM range and activist mandate to Legion Partners.
  • Bulldog Investors: Activist and value fund pursuing shareholder activism in closed-end funds and small-cap equities, with comparable AUM scale and a similar constructive-engagement style to Legion Partners.

Broad incumbents

  • Elliott Investment Management: Large, established activist and alternative-investment manager with a broadly diversified activist portfolio — provides a benchmark for what Legion Partners could scale into, but operates at materially larger AUM and global scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Legion Partners social profiles

Digital presence

Legion Partners financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Legion Partners leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Legion Partners funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Legion Partners M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments1 record

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Legion Partners

What does Legion Partners do?

Legion Partners is a long-term oriented activist fund that identifies and takes significant equity positions in special situations involving underperforming or undervalued public and private companies. The firm engages cooperatively with portfolio companies, often through board representation, to drive strategic change and unlock shareholder value on behalf of its limited partner investors.

Is Legion Partners a public or private company?

Legion Partners is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Legion Partners founded?

Legion Partners was founded in 2012. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is Legion Partners based?

Legion Partners is headquartered in Los Angeles, United States, in the North America region.

Who are Legion Partners's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Engine Capital, Ancora Holdings, Red Mountain Capital Partners, Lion Point Capital, Sarissa Capital Management, Crescendo Partners, Marcato Capital Management, Greywolf Capital Management and Bulldog Investors. Elliott Investment Management is listed as a broad incumbent.

Does Legion Partners have an API?

No public API is recorded for Legion Partners.

What industry is Legion Partners in?

Legion Partners's product category is Investment Management. Its primary akta.pro industry code is FSAHAAAI, Activist Equity Long/Short. Its NAICS code is 52599 and its SIC code is 6199.

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Investing.comLegion Partners special opportunities sells $45,298 of NN Inc. stock By Investing.comLegion Partners Special Opportunities, L.P. XI sold 18,782 shares of NN Inc. common stock on May 12, 2026, for a total value of $45,298 at prices ranging from $2.40 to $2.55 per share, with related Legion Partners entities also disposing of cash-settled total return swap agreements. Following these transactions, Legion Partners entities collectively hold approximately 4.77 million shares of NN Inc. The sale occurred as NN Inc. shares declined 15.6% over the past week, though the company recently reported Q1 2026 earnings that exceeded analyst expectations with EPS of $0.02 versus a forecasted loss of $0.06.Investing.comNN Inc appoints Legion Partners co-founder Ted White to board By Investing.comNN, Inc. announced the appointment of Ted White to its Board of Directors as part of a cooperation agreement with Legion Partners, one of its largest shareholders. The company noted significant market activity in Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, with recent earnings reports and a major airport advertising contract.GlobeNewswireThe Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. Reaches Cooperation Agreement with Legion Partners Asset ManagementThe Chefs' Warehouse entered a cooperation agreement with Legion Partners, appointing three new independent directors and expanding its board to 14 members. The board will form an operational and financial performance task force to identify margin improvement opportunities, with the agreement extending for a second year if the company achieves an adjusted EBITDA margin of at least 5.7% for fiscal 2024 and 6.2% for fiscal 2025.BenzingaTwilio Under Pressure From Activist Legion Partners Seeking Strategic Overhaul: Report - Twilio (NYSE:TWLLegion Partners, an activist investment firm, has been pressing Twilio for strategic changes including board reforms and potential divestitures, having conducted approximately six meetings with the company over recent months while holding an estimated $40 million stake. CEO Jeff Lawson's supervoting shares are set to expire in less than a month, which will unify all shares into one class and remove his nearly 22% voting control, potentially increasing Twilio's susceptibility to shareholder pressure. Twilio has recently faced headwinds including a slowdown in cloud services demand, revenue projections below Wall Street expectations, and announced plans to downsize 17% of its workforce in February.PR NewswirePrimo Board Responds to Legion's Late Submission of 43-Page "Supplemental" Disclosure that Attempts to Correct Deficiencies in Legion's Director Nomination NoticePrimo Water Corporation's Board of Directors exercised its discretion to partially waive deficiencies in an invalid director nomination notice submitted by activist investor Legion Partners Holdings for the Company's 2023 Annual Meeting. The Board rejected two of Legion's nominees, Henrik Jelert and Lori Marcus, citing intentional misrepresentations including undisclosed arrests for bribery and pending fraud allegations. Two other Legion candidates, Timothy Hasara and Derek Lewis, will be permitted to stand for nomination at the May 3, 2023 Annual Meeting.GlobeNewswireLifecore Biomedical Raises Capital with Private Placement of Convertible Preferred Stock; Amends Credit FacilitiesLifecore Biomedical raised $38.75 million in a private placement of Series A convertible preferred stock, led by Legion Partners and 22NW Fund. The company will use proceeds for working capital, capital expenditures, and debt repayment, while amending credit facilities to defer $2.2 million in quarterly debt repayments until 2025.GlobeNewswireKinsella Weitzman Attorney Shawn Holley Issues Statement Regarding Legion Partners’ Press ReleaseShawn Holley, attorney for Paul Marciano, responded to Legion Partners' press release about Marciano's reelection to Guess's board. He said Legion Partners recycled false claims, including a 1994 complaint that was dismissed with prejudice. He accused the firm of harassment and intimidation.PR NewswireLegion Comments on Guess Director and Chief Creative Officer Paul Marciano's Shareholder Intimidation AttemptsLegion Partners Asset Management received a cease and desist letter from lawyers representing Guess Inc. Chief Creative Officer Paul Marciano, demanding the removal of content regarding sexual assault allegations against him. Legion views this as an intimidation tactic to silence minority shareholders who recently voted to withhold votes on Marciano's board reelection. The activist firm is calling on Guess's independent directors to investigate whether corporate resources were used to support these legal efforts.PR NewswireLegion Partners Launches "Vote No" Campaign Against Guess?, Inc. Directors Paul and Maurice MarcianoLegion Partners Asset Management, a significant shareholder of Guess?, Inc., has filed preliminary proxy materials and launched a "Vote No" campaign opposing the re-election of co-founders Paul and Maurice Marciano to the company's Board of Directors at the 2022 Annual Meeting. The activist investor claims the Marciano brothers' continued leadership poses legal, reputational, and moral risks to the company due to years of sexual assault and harassment allegations against Paul Marciano, including accusations from four women over the past year. The shareholder stated it attempted constructive engagement with the Board but was told both brothers would be re-nominated, prompting the proxy fight.YahooWhen Will Sexual Harassment Go Out of Fashion?Activist hedge fund Legion Partners called for the removal of Guess co-founder Paul Marciano amid sexual harassment accusations dating to 1983. The firm demanded his ouster or non-renomination at the 2022 shareholder meeting, while Guess denied wrongdoing and plans to keep him employed pending an investigation.