Manuel A. Colón, CFA
Colón is an Advisor at Brevet Capital, specializing in complex asset recoveries. On asset-specific mandates, he guides recovery strategy, litigation and negotiated resolutions. Colón has nearly 20 years of experience across credit, structured finance and law. He previously served as Director and Head of Risk Management at Brevet, where he led loan management and recovery for a portfolio of nearly $2 billion across the United States, Canada and Australia. In that role, he directed the firm's workouts, led cross-border litigation in Australia and Canada, and managed outside counsel through bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, receiverships and structured settlements. He also led underwriting on transactions exceeding $300 million and built the firm's currency hedging program for its Australian and Canadian dollar loan book. He joined Brevet as a Vice President in 2017 and was named Director in 2022.
Before joining Brevet, Colón was a Vice President at Nomura, where he advised on structured transactions across U.S. and Latin American markets. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley and began his career at Goldman Sachs. Colón holds a J.D. from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law and a B.S. in Finance, with a minor in Italian, from Boston College's Carroll School of Management. He is a CFA charterholder, is admitted to the New York and Puerto Rico bars, and is fluent in English and Spanish.
