Bio

Mr. Himot is Head of Structured Capital for the Firm. Prior to joining Strategic Value Partners, Mr. Himot served as Partner and Portfolio Manager at Beach Point Capital Management where he jointly led the private credit and distressed debt business. Mr. Himot has over 15 years of industry experience having previously served as Vice President in the New Product Development group at Banc of America Securities and as an associate at the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers focusing on corporate tax in Los Angeles and New York where he advised on multi-billion-dollar complex M&A transactions. Mr. Himot graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 2000, from Harvard Law School with a J.D. in 2003 and from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with an MBA concentrating in finance in 2010.