Christopher Grey

Christopher Grey is a managing partner and co-founder of Third Wave Partners, a leading restructuring adviser, distressed situations expert and turnaround operating company focused on the real estate industry. Previously, Grey was a managing director in the California office of Emigrant Realty Finance, the real estate group of Emigrant Bank, a New York-based financial institution with $17 billion of assets. Founded in September 2005, the California office of Emigrant Realty Finance completed and managed on balance sheet $2.5 billion of debt investments.

Prior to joining Emigrant, Grey was a managing director and co-founder of Crestridge Investments, an affiliate of Highridge Partners, a privately held Los Angeles-based investment company that has completed $6 billion of principal transactions. At Highridge, Grey completed $600 million of bridge, mezzanine and equity investments in real estate as well as structured corporate finance investments in several public and private companies. He joined Highridge in 1998 from Douglas Emmett Realty Advisors, where he completed nearly $800 million of real estate acquisitions. Prior to joining Douglas Emmett, he completed $900 million of acquisitions, joint venture equity and debt investments in real estate at JMB Realty and Heitman Financial.

Grey is a founding member of the Capital Markets Forum II of the National Association of Office and Industrial Properties and the Stanford Real Estate Network. He is a graduate of Stanford University with a degree in economics and holds a California real estate broker's license.