Scott L. Graves

Ares Private Equity Group focuses on investment strategies as corporate private equity, special situations and U.S. power and energy infrastructure. The firm manages three dedicated investment teams in North America, Europe and China. They invest opportunistically across a broad spectrum of distressed or mispriced investments, including corporate debt, rescue capital, private asset-backed investments, post-reorganization securities and non-performing portfolios.Ares Private Equity Group makes majority, minority and shared-control investments, mainly in under-capitalized middle-market companies. The firm’s target investment characteristics are: leading market share and brand awareness, entrenched position with customers, low-cost operations relative to industry peers, strong return on net assets, experienced management team with meaningful equity ownership and a focus on growth, demonstrated ability to withstand economic downturns and strong EBITDA to free cash flow conversion. The firm provides financing for leveraged control buyouts, growth equity, rescue/de-leveraging capital and distressed buyouts/discounted debt accumulation capital requirements. The firm’s investment size ranges from $25 to $75 million in businesses predominately located or operating in Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan).

Ares Management Corp. is engaged in providing investment management and consultancy services. It operates through the following segments: Credit Group, Private Equity Group and Real Estate Group. The Credit Group segment offers credit strategies across the liquid and illiquid spectrum, including syndicated bank loans, high yield bonds, credit opportunities, special situations, asset-backed investments and U.S. and European direct lending. The Credit Group provides solutions for traditional fixed income investors seeking to access the syndicated bank loan and high yield bond markets and capitalize on opportunities across traded corporate credit. It additionally provides investors access to directly originated fixed and floating rate credit assets and the ability to capitalize on illiquidity premiums across the credit spectrum. The Private Equity Group segment manages shared control investments in corporate private equity funds. The Real Estate Group segment provides debt, mortgage loans, and equity capital to borrowers, property owners, and real estate developers. The company was by founded by Michael J. Arougheti, David B. Kaplan, John H. Kissick, Antony P. Ressler, and Bennett Rosenthal in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.