Portfolio Manager

Mr. Schall is a Portfolio Manager of the Ares Special Situations Fund and serves as an Investment Committee member for Distressed Strategy/Capital Markets Funds.  Mr. Schall joined Ares in 2009 from Tudor Investment Corporation where he managed distressed and high yield investments. From 1994 to 2002, Mr. Schall was a Managing Director and Director of High Yield Research at Trust Company of the West where he managed portfolios of distressed and high yield debt.  From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Schall was a senior research analyst and Senior Vice President at Dabney/Resnick & Wagner, Inc., a boutique investment firm specializing in high yield and distressed debt.  From 1987 to 1990, Mr. Schall was an investment banking associate of the Corporate Finance Department of Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. From 1982 to 1985, Mr. Schall was a Supervising Senior Accountant with KPMG Peat Marwick. 

Mr. Schall graduated cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles with a BA in History in and holds an MBA degree from the University of Chicago.  Mr. Schall is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California.