Fred White is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Deerfield Triarc. He is a Managing Director and serves as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Deerfield Capital. Mr. White was previously a partner in the Chicago office of Gardner, Carton & Douglas, where he was co-chair of the firm's Investment Management Practice Group. He concentrated his practice in the representation of private onshore and offshore investment funds, investment advisers, securities and commodity brokerage firms, commodity trading advisors, and institutional investors in connection with their investments in alternative investment products. Before joining Gardner Carton, Mr. White was a partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis. Prior to that, he was with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (from 1975-1979) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (from 1970-1975), both in Washington, D.C. Mr. White is a 1966 graduate of Cornell University and a 1969 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. |