Press Release

Canyon Partners Expands Private Credit Platform Team with Senior Hire

May 1, 2025

William Im joins as Managing Director in New York

DALLAS and NEW YORK, May 1, 2025 – Canyon Partners (“Canyon”), a $27 billion global alternative investment manager founded in 1990, today announced the hiring of veteran credit investor William Im as a Managing Director based in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Im will support the full spectrum of Canyon’s private credit investment efforts.

Mr. Im brings to Canyon over 15 years of experience in private credit, most recently serving as Director in the Global Credit Opportunities group at BlackRock. In this role, he played a significant part in building BlackRock’s private credit platform. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Im held roles at Apax Partners, SVPGlobal, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Mr. Im will work closely alongside Scott Borenstein and Davide Amico, Partners and Co-Heads of Private Credit.

“Having navigated the complexities of the private credit marketplace for more than a decade, Will’s extensive experience will enable our team to remain nimble and strategic in today’s evolving investment environment,” said Jeff Kivitz, Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Canyon Partners. “We are pleased to welcome him to the team and look forward to leveraging his expertise as we continue to scale our Private Credit Platform for the benefit of our investors.”

About Canyon Partners, LLC

Founded in 1990, Canyon employs a deep value, credit intensive approach across public and private corporate credit, structured credit, and direct real estate lending and investing. The firm seeks to capture excess returns available to those investors with specialized expertise, rigorous research capabilities, and the ability to underwrite complexity. Canyon invests on behalf of a broad range of institutions globally.

For more information visit: www.canyonpartners.com.

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