Armin Rothauser
Armin Rothauser
Speaker
Head of Lending & Partner

Castlelake

United States

Mr. Rothauser joined Castlelake in 2020 to develop and lead Castlelake’s Lending program and is focused on creating tailored financing solutions for Castlelake’s counterparties that align with the firm’s mission to generate risk-adjusted returns for its global institutional investors. Mr. Rothauser is also a voting member of the firm’s Investment Review Committee. Prior to joining Castlelake, Mr. Rothauser was a Managing Director at Starwood Capital Group where he led the firm’s expansion into credit and was head of Starwood Capital’s hard asset platform. Prior to that, Mr. Rothauser was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, where he ran its transportation, infrastructure, energy lending group, and then went on to co-head Deutsche Bank's global structured credit business. In those roles, he was responsible for successfully investing the bank's balance sheet and capital in varied markets across the world and multiple asset classes. Before joining Deutsche Bank, he was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs where he led their hard asset trading businesses. Mr. Rothauser received his B.B.A from Pace University in finance. 

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Stream

  • Exploring how the lending landscape has changed. 
  • Has the vacuum left behind by the banks been sufficiently filled by alternative lenders and investors?
  • Are the banks able to offer better pricing than these new platforms?
  • When will secondary aircraft trading pick-up again?
  • How will sponsored leasing platforms continue to grow market share now that the traditional banks are returning to the market?
Armin Rothauser
Head of Lending & Partner, Castlelake
Christian Wolff
Head of Syndicate & Investor Markets, Helaba
Moderator
Tim O'Connell
Partner & Head of Aviation Advisory, Grant Thornton