Partner
Ares Management
Mr. Friedman is a Partner in the Ares Private Equity Group, where he focuses on special opportunities investing. Prior to joining Ares in 2017, Mr. Friedman was an Associate in the Financial Restructuring Group at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy L.L.P. Mr. Friedman was a Secondee at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. in the Special Situations and Distressed Investing Group. Previously, Mr. Friedman was a Judicial Law Clerk in the District Court for the District of Columbia. He was recognized by the American Bankruptcy Institutes as one their 40 under 40 honorees in 2018.
Mr. Friedman holds a B.A. from Emory University, where he was appointed to the Pi Sigma Alpha Honors Society; a J.D., summa cum laude, from The George Washington School of Law; and a four year executive program in corporate finance and accounting at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School. During law school, Mr. Friedman was a George Washington Scholar and received the Charles Glover Award and the Justice Thurgood Marshall Civil Liberties Award.
