Preston Hollow Capital Hires Municipal Finance Veteran to Build Origination Team

DALLAS - March 18, 2015 - PRLog -- Preston Hollow Capital, LLC (http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phcllc.com%2F&esheet=50866830&newsitemid=20140515006212&lan=en-US&anchor=Preston+Hollow+Capital%2C+LLC&index=1&md5=91329eefc78cbbfd78aedf495d1e759f) announced today the addition of a seasoned municipal finance professional to lead its origination efforts.  Ramiro Albarran was named Managing Director and Head of Origination for the Dallas-based merchant bank.  “Ramiro brings 26+ years of municipal finance experience with unique and on-point capabilities to PHC,” says Jim Thompson (http://www.phcllc.com/Jim-Thompson), the Chairman and CEO of Preston Hollow Capital.

“As the Head of Origination, Ramiro will oversee asset origination for PHC and build out a team dedicated to working collaboratively with the broker-dealer and financial advisor communities, borrowers and investors,” Thompson added.  “We’re confident that Ramiro’s skills and relationships will help establish Preston Hollow Capital as the premier solutions provider in municipal specialty finance.”

Mr. Albarran’s entire career has been focused on complex municipal, infrastructure and real estate related asset classes, including unique financings for 7 World Trade Center, the Bank of America Tower in New York, and the Harbor Point project in Stamford, Connecticut, the latter having been one of the largest tax increment financings completed since the recession.  Mr. Albarran joins from Guggenheim Securities where served as Head of the Municipal and Infrastructure Finance Group.  His prior experience includes various senior roles at Bank of America including heading the public finance department as well as various specialty banking groups including real estate.  He also served as a principal at Starwood Infrastructure LLC and as a partner at Stone & Youngberg LLC.  Mr. Albarran received a B.A. in Economics and Engineering from Dartmouth College.

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About Preston Hollow Capital and Jim Thompson

Preston Hollow Capital (http://www.phcllc.com/)  is a diversified merchant bank launched in January 2014 by Jim Thompson, the former President and Chief Executive Officer of ORIX USA (http://www.orix.com/). The PHC team, comprised of former ORIX USA senior executives and employees, seeks to produce superior risk-adjusted returns across a broad spectrum of investment strategies.   Mr. Thompson, along with his wife Angela, supports Dallas-area non-profits through the Jim & Angela Thompson Foundation (http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jatf.us%2F&esheet=50945131&newsitemid=20140922005022&lan=en-US&anchor=Jim+%26+Angela+Thompson+Foundation&index=4&md5=7f559d30f392a3a4ece7e699f1019c16), and STEM education initiatives through the Blue Sky Educational Foundation (http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blueskyfoundation.org%2F&esheet=50945131&newsitemid=20140922005022&lan=en-US&anchor=Blue+Sky+Educational+Foundation&index=5&md5=8962439408120bdca921ae7b4262c435). He is a board member of the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance (http://www.dallasurbandebate.org/), and is a former board member of Dallas CASA (http://www.dallascasa.org/), Angel Flight South Central (http://www.angelflightsc.org/) and the AOPA Foundation (http://foundation.aopa.org/).

Contact Preston Hollow Capital at Admin@PHCLLC.ocm or 214-389-0800.