Victory Park Capital (VPC), a global alternative investment firm specializing in private credit, hired Hugo Lestiboudois as principal. Lestiboudois, who brings over 10 years of experience in developing and operating legal finance strategies, will work alongside Richard Levy, CEO, chief information officer and founder of VPC, and Chad Clamage, managing director of VPC, to advance the firm’s legal credit strategy.
“We welcome Hugo to the firm with great excitement,” Levy said. “I am confident that his experience will help us unlock further momentum in the rapidly expanding market for legal investing and address the growing demand for innovative funding solutions.”
“I am thrilled to join the VPC team and help further scale the legal credit strategy,” Lestiboudois said. “With a highly diversified portfolio of asset-backed legal assets and robust risk management controls, VPC’s disciplined and innovative approach creates resilience against market volatility and enables us to excel in the legal credit market.”
Previously, Lestiboudois was a principal at Syz Capital, where he oversaw the firm’s legal finance strategies. Prior to that, Lestiboudois led the illiquid investments desk at IVO Capital Partners. where he focused on European distressed and structured credit transactions. Earlier in his career, Lestiboudois focused on asset-backed financing in his role at AgFe and held analyst positions at Capital Management and BlackRock.
