Justin Cho
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acgfhd@r.postjobfree.com
experience MANHATTAN ADVISERS LLC, Westport, CT
Manager - Operations and Strategy, August 2012 - Present
. Facilitated with closing deals to assist various fund (HF
and PE) launches and worked closely with senior directors
during various stages of the launch (e.g. reviewing fund
docs, drafting compliance manuals, creating high-level
presentations).
. Led review of third-party service provider options for a
$250mm private equity fund including target identification,
capability evaluation, and final selection.
. Researched potential marketing opportunities by conducting
competitive analysis and evaluated market strategy for the
firm.
. Performed statistical trend and market analysis to determine
optimum pricing, promotion and channel strategy of new
products and partnerships.
. Attended various conferences and networking events to market
firm's services and products.
. Created firm's presentation and one-pager; modeled and
implemented firm's first CRM system.
. Directed initiative to centralize all of the firm's various
administrative functions and tools.
E & E CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC (Ehrenkranz & Ehrenkranz LLP), New
York, NY
Associate - Client Services & Operations, October 2008 - March
2012
. Designed and regulated the fund one-pagers and client
performance reports to provide more detailed analysis on our
funds and our clients' assets; interacted with and provided
client support for prospective and existing clients with
regards to the performance reports, fund liquidity and other
related inquiries at E & E Capital Advisors, a wealth
management firm with over $17 billion assets under
management.
. Acted as lead liaison between the firm and external funds
(HFs and PE funds) with regards to client accounts and fund
statistics.
. Worked with the Chief Information Officer to establish newly
formed Operations Group.
. Customized and integrated Backstop, a CRM application, which
served as the central database system for all functions
within the firm.
. Revamped the firm presentation and updated on ad hoc basis
for current and prospective clients and fund managers.
. Updated statistics and produced reports on Pertrac, an asset
allocation and investment analysis software.
. Collaborated with engineers to develop reconciliation tools
in Excel to detect inaccuracies within performance reports.
. Led initiative to develop monthly flash reports, which
showed the various fund performance figures compared with
market indices, which were sent to current and prospective
clients.
. Spearheaded project to create the first firm due diligence
questionnaire and handled potential clients' RFPs.
D.B. ZWIRN & CO., L.P. / JCK PARTNERS, L.P., New York, NY
Associate - Investor Relations & Marketing / Legal, February
2005 - March 2008
. Prepared reports and spreadsheets reflecting investor
information, upcoming events and meetings, types of
investors, investor trends and distribution of marketing and
legal documents for D.B. Zwirn & Co., a $5.5 billion hedge
fund.
. Worked closely with the managing partner of JCK Partners, a
$450 million hedge fund, to develop their investor relations
department and to raise assets.
. Integrated, transitioned and maintained new investor
database system and RFP writer program; completed due
diligence questionnaires, RFPs and monthly reports for
existing and potential investors and capital introduction
groups and liaise with investors to answer related
questions.
. Communicated on daily basis with existing and potential
investors regarding requests, questions and comments about
investor and fund related topics; distributed and reviewed
subscription documents and other legal and investor
documents while working closely with the compliance, legal
and accounting departments.
. Coordinate and attend meetings with existing and potential
investors.
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP, New York, NY
Legal Assistant - Structured Finance Group, June 2003-November
2004
. Draft, proof, revise and review all closing and post-closing
transactional documentations for collateralized bond, loan,
and debt obligations; mortgage loan, repack, and credit card
receivables; synthetic collateralized debt obligations; and
various derivative instruments and structured financial
products from inception to closing.
. Prepare and maintain corporate warehousing and
organizational files, SEC filings, Annual and Effective Date
opinions, Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statements, DTC
Letter of Representations, ISDA Master Agreements and
various executed legal documents.
education UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI
College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA)
. Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics with minor
concentration in English, April 2003
. University Honors, Winter 2001
. Financed over 90% of tuition through scholarships, grants,
loans, and work-study
.
additional
. Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, Adobe
products, Backstop, Pertrac, SMART, RFPWriter, Deltaview and
DocsOpen.
. Pertinent courses taken include intermediate and advanced
microeconomics and macroeconomics, statistics, money and
banking, financial economics, calculus, and advanced
writing.
. Established and currently direct a volunteer homeless
outreach committee in New York City.