Adam Frankel

Background

About Adam Frankel

Adam B. Frankel is currently the General Counsel of CBAM, an alternative investment firm with over $11 billion of assets under management. CBAM specializes in opportunities across the credit spectrum for institutional clients through separately managed accounts, CLOs and private funds. Prior to joining CBAM in 2018, Adam was the General Counsel of Evercore, Inc.(EVR) a leading global investment bank that provides M&A and capital markets advice, underwriting, research, sales and trading services, as well as institutional asset management and wealth management services. He joined Evercore to support that company’s successful IPO, and for over a decade developed a global legal department and compliance function. Prior to joining Evercore, Mr. Frankel was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc.(GWR), a leading owner and operator of short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Bolivia. Mr. Frankel was also responsible for matters related to human resources and government affairs at GWR. Prior to GWR, Mr. Frankel worked as a corporate and transactions attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at Ford Motor Company (F). Mr. Frankel started his career with a Federal District Court clerkship in the Eastern District of Michigan for Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, followed by four years as a corporate and transactions attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in London and New York. Mr. Frankel is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a trustee at the Sesame Workshop and a trustee at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a nonprofit institute established to promote debate about national security strategy. He has a B.A. from Brown University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.