Jeff Friedman is a co-founder of Mesa West Capital. Prior to co-founding Mesa West in 2004, Mr. Friedman spent three years at Maguire Partners as a Principal and was in charge of capital market activities which included the restructuring of the firm’s debt, the buy-out of partners and the firm’s eventual $800 million initial public offering. Mr. Friedman transitioned into real estate finance in 1994 initially as a Vice-President originating large loans at Nomura Asset Capital Corporation and later as a Director at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York. Mr. Friedman began his career as a corporate lawyer, working initially in Tokyo, Japan for an affiliate of Sidley & Austin and then in New York for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Mr. Friedman graduated with a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), an MA in Applied Economics and a JD from the University of Michigan. Mr. Friedman is on the Mortgage Bankers Association Commercial Real Estate Multifamily Finance Board of Governors, a board member of UCLA Ziman Real Estate Alumni Group and is actively involved in Urban Land Institute.