Tim Bass
Tim has over 35 years of experience sourcing, structuring, and executing transactions.
Tim established Hickory CRE Capital and Hickory CRE Lending in 2018, at the time he closed a transaction with a seed capital investor. Tim was a partner at DW Partners and co-head of commercial real estate until April 2018. There he spearheaded the growth of private credit businesses, including creating a CRE lending business and originated ~$500MM of loans. He also built a European CRE Platform with the acquisition of 43 buildings for ~€500MM. Previously, Tim spent four years at Barclays Capital, in credit trading; two years at Pardus Capital, a credit hedge fund; and nine years at Debevoise & Plimpton, as a deal lawyer. Tim started his career at Chemical Bank, where he went through credit training.
Tim has a JD and an MBA from The University of Chicago and a BA from Yale University; he also received the CFA designation.