Bio
Mr. Landis co-founded Raith Capital Partners in February 2012. Raith serves as the general partner for Raith Real Estate Fund I and Raith Real Estate Fund II, two opportunistic vehicles targeting distressed loans and assets across the U.S., and for Raith CMBS Fund I and CMBS Fund II, its B-piece investment vehicles in addition to a number of separately managed accounts. Mr. Landis and his team have invested across the commercial real estate debt and equity markets, investing in distressed loans, equity real estate, CMBS investment and non-investment grade securities, and mezzanine debt. As of December 31, 2019, Raith's assets under management total over $1.1 billion. Prior to forming Raith, Mr. Landis served as the Chief Investment Officer at Rialto Capital Management from its inception in 2008. Prior to Rialto, Mr. Landis was a Managing Director and member of the Group Executive Committee in the Commercial Real Estate group at Deutsche Bank (as successor firm to Bankers Trust). During the period from 1998-2008, Mr. Landis' group priced, structured and distributed in excess of $50 billion of commercial real estate credit on multiple asset classes including land, office, industrial, retail, hospitality and homebuilding. While at Bankers Trust, Mr. Landis led the firm's commercial securitization efforts and was instrumental in launching Bankers Trust Mezzanine Fund I. Prior to 1998, Mr. Landis worked in fixed income institutional sales at both Smith Barney and Prudential Securities, primarily focused on asset-backed securities including: CMBS, RMBS, credit cards, student loans and manufactured housing. Mr. Landis received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Drew University and an MBA from Columbia University. He currently serves as the Chairman of Drew's Board of Trustees.
