Armin Rothauser

Mr. Rothauser joined Castlelake in 2020 and is Partner and Head of Capital Markets. He is responsible for guiding the firm’s financing strategies, including creating tailored financing solutions that align with Castlelake’s investment strategy, raising debt capital and the origination of new investment opportunities, including platform acquisitions and partnerships. Mr. Rothauser is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and Investment Review Committee. Prior to joining Castlelake, Mr. Rothauser was a Managing Director at Starwood Capital Group where he led the firm’s expansion into credit and was head of Starwood Capital’s hard asset platform. Prior to that, Mr. Rothauser was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, where he ran its transportation, infrastructure, energy lending group, and then went on to co-head Deutsche Bank’s global structured credit business. In those roles, he was responsible for successfully investing the bank’s balance sheet and capital in varied markets across the world and multiple asset classes. Before joining Deutsche Bank, he was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs where he led their hard asset trading businesses. Mr. Rothauser received his B.B.A from Pace University in finance.