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Apollo Expands U.S. and European Debt Platform
May 19, 2008

Apollo Real Estate Advisors has expanded its team of senior executives focusing on European region and global senior debt securities, the firm announced. Debt finance expert David Ferguson and his team of specialists from Stoneleigh Capital have joined Apollo’s European headquarters in London. John Beaman, the former head of CMBS trading at Lehman Brothers, has joined Apollo’s New York-based debt group.

 
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