Steven Smith Bio

Steven Smith is the Managing Partner of Aurora Resurgence and a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining Aurora in 2012, Mr. Smith spent over twenty-five years on Wall Street primarily advising distressed companies with total debts exceeding $350 billion in the aggregate. He held a variety of leadership positions at UBS Investment Bank including Global Head of Restructuring, Global Head of Leverage Finance and Americas Head of Financial Sponsors. He also served on the Americas Executive Committee and Global Management Committee. Before joining UBS in 2001, Mr. Smith was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse and DLJ, where he was a member of the restructuring and leveraged finance groups. Mr. Smith began his career in restructuring and leveraged finance at the law firm of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Smith received a JD/MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts in English and American Literature from the University of California, San Diego.