Chris Germain founded Piping Rock Partners in 2006. Chris has over 25 years of experience in complex domestic and cross border structured finance, securitizations, syndications, joint ventures, asset management, partnership administration, and property management.

Prior to founding Piping Rock Partners, Chris was a San Francisco-based Executive Director in the Structured Products Group at CIBC Capital Markets, the investment banking subsidiary of a leading Canadian banking and financial services corporation. At CIBC, he led transaction teams responsible for the origination, syndication and execution of $4 billion in highly structured domestic and cross-border tax and asset-based financings, including debt and equity financings for approximately $1 billion in commercial real estate across numerous market cycles.

Prior to joining CIBC, he was associated with Citigroup’s Global Aviation Group and Global Asset Finance Group, based in New York and London.  In London, he managed European originations for an aircraft lease securitization program. In New York, he managed a portfolio of tax lease equity investments in various alternative assets  including co-generation facilities, nuclear power  facilities, ocean-going cargo vessels, and satellites.

Mr. Germain received a B.A. in History from the University of New Hampshire.  Mr. Germain is a full member of the Urban Land Institute, an Advisory Council Member of the National Multifamily Housing Council and a member of the Stewardship Circle of the National Park Foundation.

About Piping Rock

Piping Rock Partners is a vertically integrated founding member, general partner, and property manager of real estate investment partnerships. Our company's name is derived from Piping Rock Park in New Jersey, where Chris learned to play baseball. This name helps communicate our beliefs in the value of teamwork, practice, relationships, and trust. No property owned or managed by Piping Rock has ever been late on a mortgage payment.