Contrarian Capital Management, LLC.

Call: 1-800-266-3810

Contrarian Capital Management, LLC. Privately owned mid-sized international distressed securities investment firm

About Us

Contrarian Capital Management, LLC, a distressed securities investment firm with headquarters in Greenwich, Connecticut, offers clients over 25 years of industry experience. Employing an expert team in excess of 50 staff members, Contrarian Capital maintains a focus on distressed investing by employing select strategies for portfolio management, particularly emerging markets.

The emerging markets strategy at Contrarian Capital has proven successful by globally investing in distressed corporate debt and distressed and defaulted sovereign debt, as well as in special situations that are thoroughly monitored and researched. With a six-year track performance record, the firm’s emerging markets team specializes in conducting credit research that provides leads to valuable opportunities. Paired with local restructuring and legal analysis, the in-depth investigations take many factors into consideration, such as asset values, cash flows, and sources of repayment. Contrarian Capital enjoys a positive international reputation for limiting downside risk through careful management of gross and net exposure and a strict avoidance of leverage.

Led by Mr. Xiao Song, Contrarian Capital’s diverse emerging markets team is able to fluently conduct business on a worldwide basis, exercising capabilities in Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Chinese, and Japanese languages. As the Emerging Markets Portfolio Manager, Xiao Song, who joined Contrarian Capital in 2003, oversees all the firm’s investments in emerging markets. Also on the emerging markets team are Annick Gnock Fah, Xavier Vegas, and Richard Strasser. Ms. Gnock Fah works in the firm’s Hong Kong office researching and monitoring corporate investments. Mr. Vegas manages the firm’s interests in Latin American investments, and Mr. Strasser monitors investments in the firm’s Sao Paulo, Brazil office, where he has lived since 1998.


Services


  • We purchase trade claims in most bankruptcy cases
  • Factoring pre or post petition trade claims
  • Accounts receivable protection
  • Purchasing trade claims in cases outside of the United States
  • Normally close transactions in one week

    • Our Commitment

    Established in 1995 by Jon Bauer, Janice Stanton and Gil Tenzer, Contrarian is a distressed investing specialist with one of the most stable portfolio management teams in the industry. Jon & Janice have been managing portfolios of distressed securities together since 1986 (joined by Gil in 1993) when they ran the Distressed Debt & Trade Claims businesses for Oppenheimer & Co. (“OPCO”). This continuity of senior management provides Contrarian with a significant competitive edge in sourcing and analyzing investment opportunities, as well as navigating the portfolio through multiple business cycles.

    Contrarian has a team of 53 highly experienced professionals, 29 of whom are involved with the portfolio management, research, sourcing and trading of our investments.

    Our global headquarters is in Greenwich (CT), with regional investment research offices in Paris (France), São Paulo (Brazil), and Hong Kong (China SAR).

    Contrarian is a 100% partner & employee owned, SEC registered investment adviser and Qualified Professional Asset Manager (“QPAM”)

    411 West Putnam Avenue Suite 425, Greenwich, CT | 1-800-266-3810

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