PRINCIPALS
John Brecker,
Co-founder of Longacre Fund Management, LLC, 1998, LSE Fund Management,
LLC, 2005, Longacre European Fund Management, LLC, 2005 and Longacre
Fund Management (UK) LLP, 2005. Mr. Brecker was, until November
1998, a Vice President in the High Yield Department of Bear, Stearns &
Co. Inc., where he was the head trade claims and trade receivables
trader. Mr. Brecker joined Bear, Stearns in 1996. Prior to
joining Bear, Stearns, Mr. Brecker was the head trade claims trader at
Credit Research & Trading, which he joined in 1995. From 1991 to
1994, Mr. Brecker was an associate in the bankruptcy department of Pryor
Cashman and, from 1988 to 1991, an associate in the bankruptcy
department of Angel & Frankel. Mr. Brecker earned a J.D. from St.
John's University School of Law in 1988 and a B.A. in Political Science
from American University in 1985.
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Vladimir
Jelisavcic, Co-founder of Longacre Fund
Management, LLC, 1998, LSE Fund Management, LLC, 2005, Longacre European
Fund Management, LLC, 2005 and Longacre Fund Management (UK) LLP, 2005.
Mr. Jelisavcic was, until November 1998, a Vice President in the High
Yield Department of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., where he was responsible
for trading distressed bank loans and private notes as well as the
identification and analysis of investment opportunities in distressed
securities. Mr. Jelisavcic joined Bear, Stearns in 1993. In
1991, Mr. Jelisavcic worked as a law clerk for the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission in Los Angeles. From 1987 to 1990, Mr.
Jelisavcic worked in the Tax Department of Deloitte & Touche. Mr.
Jelisavcic is a C.P.A. and the author of articles on trading claims and
creditors? rights published in the Journal of Corporation Law. Mr.
Jelisavcic earned a J.D. (cum laude) from the University of Iowa College
of Law in 1993 and a B.S. in Accounting from New York University in
1987.
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Steven S.
Weissman,
Co-founder of Longacre Fund Management, LLC, 1998, LSE Fund
Management, LLC, 2005, Longacre European Fund Management, LLC, 2005 and
Longacre Fund Management (UK) LLP, 2005. Mr. Weissman was, until
November 1998, an Associate Director in the High Yield Department of
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., where he was responsible for structuring,
negotiating and documenting all private secondary market securities
transactions including loan and private note assignments and
participations, total return swaps, cash and derivative trade claim and
trade receivable transactions. Mr. Weissman?s work also involved
the identification of potential transactions and the analysis of related
financial and credit documentation. Mr. Weissman joined Bear,
Stearns in 1994. Prior to joining Bear, Stearns, Mr. Weissman was
an associate in the business reorganization department of Weil, Gotshal
& Manges from 1991 to 1994. Mr. Weissman earned a J.D. from Boston
University School of Law in 1991 and a B.B.A. in Finance (cum laude)
from Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York, in 1988.
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PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Michael I. Goldberg,
Managing Director,
Joined Longacre in July 2002. 2000-2002: Managing Director, Mergers and
Acquisitions Group, Banc of America Securities; advised clients in mergers,
acquisitions, divestitures and other strategic alternative assignments.
1990-2000: Vice President, Global M&A Group, Chase Securities. 1987-1988:
Associate, Shearson Lehman Hutton, Direct Investments Group. 1985-1986: Long
Island Trust Company, senior commercial credit analyst. M.B.A., Finance and
International Business, Columbia Business School, 1990. B.S.M., Finance, A.B.
Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, 1985. General Course
Certificate, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1984.
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Daniel Moses, Managing
Director, Joined Longacre in May 2007. 2000-2007:
Director, Credit Suisse Group (formerly Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette),
Leveraged Finance Group; responsible for analyzing and investing in
distressed/special situations. 1998-2000: Analyst, Lazard Frères & Co.;
Distressed Investments Group. 1996-1998: Investment Banking Analyst, C.E.
Unterberg Towbin. B.A., (magna cum laude), American Studies, Amherst
College, 1996.
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Timothy Koltermann, Managing
Director, Joined Longacre in September 2008. 2007-2008: Managing Director/Partner, Institutional Credit Partners, Commercial Real Estate Group; responsible for creating the firm's commercial real estate business including a closed-end CRE opportunity fund and responsible for all commercial real estate principal investment decisions and hedging strategies. 2001-2007: Managing Director/Principal, Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., Fixed-Income Group (Commercial Mortgage Trading). 1998-2001: Vice President, JP Morgan Mortgage Capital, Investment Banking/High Yield Group (CMBS Whole Loan Trading). 1998: Vice President, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Real Estate Investment Banking Group. 1996-1997: Vice President, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Fixed-Income Group/CMBS Trading. 1995-1996: Associate, Lehman Brothers. 1989-1995: Assistant Portfolio Manager, JMB Institutional Realty/Cadillac Fairview Inc. 1987-1989: Management Information Consultant, Arthur Anderson & Co./Anderson Consulting. M.B.A., Finance and Business Economics, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, 1995. B.B.A., Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management, University of Wisconsin, 1987.
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Bradley Max, Esq.,
Director of Debt Sourcing,
Joined Longacre in January 2000. 1999-2000: Bank Debt Sourcer, Papillon
Partners. 1996-1999: Attorney, Gainsburg & Hirsch, LLP. 1994-1996: Attorney,
Shaw Licitra Parente Esernio & Schartz, PC. 1990-1994: Attorney, Ballon
Stoll Bader & Nadler, PC. 1988-1990: Attorney, Fisher & Krawitz, PC. J.D.,
Quinnipiac University School of Law, 1988. B.A., Sociology/Anthropology,
Rollins College, 1985.
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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
Jeremy Garber, Chief
Operating Officer,
Joined Longacre in December 2005. 2004-2005: Chief Operating Officer,
Rockview Management LLC (formerly Jemmco Capital Corp.) 2002-2004: Vice
President, Global Prime Brokerage Sales, Lehman Brothers. 1999-2002: Vice
President, Equity Capital Markets, Lehman Brothers. 1996-1999: Chief
Operating Officer/General Counsel, ACAP, Inc. 1994-1996:
Controller/Registered Representative, Family Management Corporation. J.D.,
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1994. B.A., Economics, Yeshiva
University, 1991.
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Marc Simon, Chief Financial
Officer,
Joined Longacre in February 2002. 1993-2002: Managing Director, Business
Unit Controller, High Yield Department, Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. 1986-1993:
external financial reporting, The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. and its
subsidiaries. 1983-1986: auditor, Ernst & Young. B.S., (summa cum laude),
Accounting, Binghamton University, 1983. Mr. Simon is a N.Y. State Licensed
Certified Public Accountant.
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Scott J. Vota, CFA,
Director of Marketing & Investor Relations,
Joined Longacre in May 2004. 1993-2003: Senior Vice President, Lazard
Asset Management; senior marketing, client service and portfolio management
professional. 1991-1993: Vice President, Institutional Marketing, Fiduciary
Trust International. 1987-1991: Vice President, Gabelli & Co., Inc. Earned
CFA charter in 1995. M.A., European History, Columbia University, 1987.
B.A., Political Science, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1984.
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Howard J.
Zauderer, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer,
Joined Longacre in December 2004. 1993-2004: Vice President & General
Counsel, Olympus America Inc. (joined Olympus as Associate Counsel).
1989-1993: corporate attorney at each of Dewey Ballantine, LLP and Morgan
Lewis & Bockius. J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 1989. B.A., (magna
cum laude), Economics, Yeshiva University, 1986.
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