Cotton Creek Capital, a lower middle-market private equity firm, announced the addition of Clayton Milburn to the investment team as an associate in the Austin office.

Previously, Milburn was an associate in the Leveraged Finance Group at ORIX Corporate Capital, a Dallas-based investment arm of ORIX Corporation. While at ORIX, Milburn was responsible for underwriting and executing middle-market debt and equity investments in support of growth financings, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts and acquisitions across a variety of industries.

Cotton Creek Capital is a lower middle-market private equity firm focused on investing in and growing established companies in manufacturing, value-added distribution, industrial services, energy, business services, healthcare services and consumer staples.