Elm Park Capital’s team of credit investment professionals will join Atalaya Capital Management, an $8.5 billion alternative asset manager focused on private credit and special opportunities investing, in the new Atalaya Crescent office, located in the financial center of Dallas. The Elm Park team will strengthen Atalaya’s existing capital solutions capabilities and enable the platform to further expand its sourcing efforts and tap into an attractive deal and talent sourcing pipeline.
Founded in 2010 by Mark Schachter and Charles Winograd, Elm Park focuses on providing capital solutions for middle market companies and private equity firms requiring a creative partner for acquisitions, growth, refinancing, recapitalizations and other special situations.
“I’ve known Mark for nearly 20 years and am excited to have his team join Atalaya to expand our collective scope,” Ivan Zinn, founder and managing partner at Atalaya, said. “We have long considered opportunities to broaden our geographic locations to attract a larger, diverse pool of talent. The combination of Dallas’ financial services talent and the addition of the investment engine of Elm Park’s Dallas team made our choice an easy one.”
“We’re excited to be joining Atalaya and their talented team of professionals,” Mark Schachter, managing partner at Elm Park, said. “With our deep ties to the Dallas region and the history of the Atalaya platform delivering attractive investor returns and capital solutions, we are eager to be part of Atalaya’s expansion.”
This announcement comes on the heels of Nathan Romano joining Atalaya as president of the firm. As the former president and chief operating officer at York Capital Management, Romano joined Atalaya this past April to help support its next stage of growth.
