Robin Judson, Managing Director and Partner, joined Smith Hanley Associates in 1985, to establish the investment banking recruiting business. The practice focuses on hedge funds, private equity, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, merchant banking, principal investment, structured finance, and emerging markets. Robin also provides expertise in recruiting for distressed and high yield securities, risk arbitrage and real estate. She is a member of the Financial Women's Association of New York and 100 Women in Hedge Funds. Robin previously spent five years as an economist and research analyst with Merrill Lynch. She provided advice to senior management of major transportation companies and to Merrill's equity research and investment banking groups. Robin received a Masters degree from Harvard and a Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College.