Vice President
Mr. Patel is a Vice President in the Ares Credit Group, where he focuses on U.S. direct lending. Prior to joining Ares in 2019, Mr. Patel was an Investment Banking Analyst at Houlihan Lokey, where he advised on sell side mergers and acquisitions transactions and financings in the industrial and business services sectors. Mr. Patel holds a B.S. from Vanderbilt University in Computer Science.