Jeff Friedman

Prior to forming Mesa West, Mr. Friedman was head of capital markets for Maguire Partners in Los Angeles, where his primary responsibility included overseeing capital market transactions. Previously, Mr. Friedman was a director at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York leading the largest origination group and a vice president at Nomura Securities. Prior thereto, Mr. Friedman was a corporate attorney at a Japanese affiliate of Sidley & Austin and at Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett. He has a BA in economics from UCLA, a JD from the University of Michigan Law School and MA in applied economics from the Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan.