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John Frank — Vice Chair · Oaktree Capital · Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Mr. Frank is Oaktree's Vice Chairman and has been a member of Oaktree's senior management for 25 years.
Mr. Frank joined Oaktree in 2001 as General Counsel and was named the firm's managing partner in early 2006, a position he held for about nine years. Prior thereto, Mr. Frank was a partner of the Los Angeles law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP.
While at that firm, he acted as principal lawyer in a number of notable merger and acquisition transactions; as primary outside counsel to a number of public and privately held corporations; and as special counsel to various boards of directors and special board committees. Prior to joining Munger Tolles in 1984, Mr. Frank served as a law clerk to the Honorable Frank M. Coffin of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Frank served as a Legislative Assistant to the Honorable Robert F. Drinan, Member of Congress. Mr. Frank holds a B.A. degree with honors in History from Wesleyan University and a J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the Michigan Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He is a member of the State Bar of California and, while in private practice, was listed in Woodward & White's Best Lawyers in America.
Mr. Frank is a trustee of Wesleyan University, Polytechnic School, Good Samaritan Hospital of Los Angeles and the XPRIZE Foundation.
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Vice ChairCurrent
Oaktree · United States
Jul 2001 – Present
Managing Principal
Oaktree
Jan 2006 – Nov 2014
principal executive officer
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