Baxter Wasson

Managing Partner at RiverBay Capital

Panelist

Baxter Wasson is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of RiverBay Capital. The launch of RiverBay Capital with his long-time business partner, Rodrigo Trelles, follows a decade-long tenure at UBS O’Connor during which he and Rodrigo launched, built and ran the O’Connor Capital Solutions business. Prior to OCS, Baxter was a Managing Director and Head of Private Credit Origination and Structuring at Deutsche Bank. Baxter started his career as an attorney representing lenders and borrowers across project finance, LBOs and asset-based finance transactions. Throughout his career he has focused on the non-sponsor segment of the market crafting bespoke financing solutions across sectors as varied as sports, consumer finance, real estate, art, industrials, education, infrastructure, energy and healthcare.

He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College. He lives in New York City with his family and is engaged as a board member and volunteer in a range of education-focused civic activities.