Peter J. Winstanley Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas

Tenant approval authority for all senior debt and preferred equity transactions, Focus on fundamental credit analysis of tenants and industries, encompassing investment grade, high yield, and private entities. Employing a ‘credit first’ approach to capital allocation has resulted in a zero percent tenant default rate on $1.5bn in notional loan volume across more than 250 transactions since 2018, generating an IRR of 12% - 20% per deal.Transactions focus on single tenant net lease (NNN) developments in the quick service restaurant (QSR), automotive, healthcare, retail, and industrial spaces. Selective pursuit of opportunistic acquisitions and special situation transactions. Rejection of deals where the deal economics or risk/reward metrics are unfavorable. Shepard all deals through the entirety of the underwriting process, including underwriting individual borrowers/developers. Drive structural negotiations with sponsors, legal, institutional capital providers and other stakeholders for optimal deal returns, a balanced risk/reward profile and full protection of company as well as externally invested institutional and private capital. Ensure managing partners, institutional capital providers and other external investors remain fully informed on all investments as well as general financial, macroeconomic, and real estate specific developments with quarterly newsletters. Produce weekly financial market reports to ensure all employees remain fully up to date on current market conditions, allowing Business Development to maintain a competitive advantage when interacting with existing and potential clients as well as other market participants.

New York City

Maximized capital recovery for a $3bn portfolio of global stressed/distressed exposure to a wide variety of counterparties and credit products across multiple industries. Collaborated with a variety of stakeholders including investors, internal/external counsel, restructuring advisors, bankers, private equity sponsors and counterparty management teams to address underlying issues, implement solutions or optimize capital recovery prospects for invested capital. Lead role on agented deals and the bank’s point of contact on participations.Ensure mark-to-market accuracy of illiquid positions. Prepare biannual research for Shared National Credit exams, particulalrly from credits in the Substandard, Doubtful and Loss categories.

New York City

Lead research analyst for the utility, gaming, lodging, industrial and aerospace and defense sectors. Present unbiased and authoritative credit overviews, relative value, enterprise value and industry research and analysis to the Chief Credit Officer and Board of Directors. Successfully facilitated over $100bn of leveraged financing transactions in North America. Prepare biannual research for Shared National Credit exams.

Singapore

Authorized capital allocation to leveraged loans, derivatives, and Private Banking transactions for Southeast Asian, Australian and New Zealand domiciled counterparties. Direct the entire credit approval process from initial due diligence through to document negotiation ( ISDA, credit agreements) to ensure an efficient transaction closing and streamlined monitoring post-close.

New York City

Lead analyst for $6bn in retained syndicated bank debt tranches from Credit Suisse’s Leveraged Finance and Corporate Banking business. Primary coverage of regulated electric utilities, merchant power companies, REITs, gaming, and lodging sectors. Ensured adequate single name hedging across the hold book using Credit Default Swaps (CDS) and on a macro/thematic basis through index hedging, adjusting long/short bias as necessary to maximize profit and prevent losses.Executed multiple successful absolute and relative value trades in the proprietary trading book across various products (bonds, CDS, term loans). Strategies included event driven, special situations, single name directional trades and IG/HY bond trading.

London, United Kingdom

Coverage responsibility for the European electric utility, TMT, chemical, and automotive sectors with secondary coverage of structured products, CMBS and RMBS bonds. Generated profitable investment ideas across both investment grade and high yield bonds for the €5bn fixed income portfolio as well as CDS hedging strategies to minimize potential capital losses.

London, United Kingdom

M.Litt. Christianity And The Visual Arts

M.Sc., History

M.A., International Political Economy

B.Sc., Economics, Upper Second (2:1)

Bankruptcy, Workouts And Reorganizations

Bs, Economics

Year abroad exchange program.