Patrick Daugherty, Head of Distressed & Special Situation Investments of Highland Capital Management, L,P

Posted by Highland Capital Management, L,P in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX on Apr 21, 2008

At Highland Capital Management, L.P., Mr. Patrick Daugherty works as Head of Distressed and Special Situations Investing, and as Senior Portfolio Manager.

Mr. Daugherty's several responsibilities are inclusive of managing the Distressed Investments Group, as well as co-managing the Private Equity Investments Group.

Mr. Patrick Daugherty has served previously as General Counsel to Highland. Before joining the Highland Capital team in April 1998, Mr. Patrick Daugherty worked as the Vice President in the Corporate Finance Group at Bank of America Capital Markets, Inc. Formerly, this was referred to as NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc. It was here that Mr. Patrick Daugherty created and structured the leveraged transactions of Southwestern mid-cap companies.

Previous to working with the Bank of America team, Patrick Daugherty served as an Associate with Baker, Brown, Sharman and Parker, a law firm located in Houston, Texas. It was here that Mr. Daugherty worked with banks and financial institutions towards the liquidation of multiple RTC portfolios.

Patrick Daugherty has more than fifteen (15) years experience working with distressed, corporate and high-yield restructuring. Mr. Daugherty has been involved in more than 100 re-structurings and has held steering committee positions in more than 40 bankruptcies.

Mr. Daugherty currently serves on several committees:


Mr. Patrick Daughtery is a former board member of Norse Merchant Group, as well as its affiliates: Ferrimorac Holdings Limited, and also Mariner Health Care, Inc.

Mr. Patrick Daughtery earned his BBA in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin, as well as his Juris Doctorate from The University of Houston School of Law.

Mr. Daugherty’s professional certifications are inclusive of membership to the Texas Bar Association, as well as admittance, as of 1992, to the American Bar Association.



Mr. Patrick  Daugherty

Contact Information
Telephone: 972-628-4100
Email: PDaugherty@hcmlp.com