Thomas Harney is Head of Merchant Banking & Capital Markets at Ladder Capital. Mr. Harney worked at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. for over eleven years and served as Senior Managing Director of Real Estate, Gaming, Lodging & Leisure and Co-Head of the Real Estate Investment Banking Group during his tenure at the firm. Mr. Harney also served as Head of Real Estate at Tri-Artisan Capital Partners, a private merchant banking group based in New York. Mr. Harney has extensive experience in completing large-scale M&A transactions as well as a broad range of securities transactions including bank, bond, mortgage, and convertible debt, and common, preferred, convertible, and joint venture equity in multiple formats including private placements, IPOs, and follow-on offerings for issuers in all major property categories. Mr. Harney started his career in 1983 at Olympia & York Properties and subsequently held senior investment banking and principal investment roles at Merrill Lynch and BT Securities. Mr. Harney holds Series 7, 24, and 63 Principal/Supervisor FINRA security designations and holds a BA degree in Urban Studies (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of the New York University Real Estate Finance & Development Program.