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Fredrick H. Fogel Fred is the General Counsel and a Partner of The Baupost Group, a multi-strategy private investment firm, overseeing Baupost’s legal, compliance and transaction structuring teams. Before joining Baupost in 2015, Fred was the General Counsel at Silver Point Capital, a Connecticut-based investment adviser focused on credit and special situations. From 2002-2004, he was a Managing Director and General Counsel at Ziff Brothers Investments, where he was responsible for all of the firm’s legal affairs. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Tanning Technology Corporation, a publicly traded information technology services provider, and a Partner at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Fred began his legal career as a clerk for the Hon. Gary Stein in the Supreme Court of New Jersey. He earned his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School and graduated, magna cum laude, from Harvard College. Fred is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America.