Paulson & Co is an investment management firm specializing in event-driven arbitrage strategies, including merger arbitrage, bankruptcy reorganizations, and distressed credit, structured credit, recapitalizations, restructurings, and other corporate events. Our goals are capital preservation, above-average returns over the long term, and low
correlation to the markets.
The flexibility of having long and short event exposure across the capital structure enables us to attempt to optimize performance across market cycles. In addition to its hedge funds, Paulson & Co. manages real estate private equity funds which focus on various types of distressed real estate recovery opportunities.
The firm operates as a partnership consisting of John Paulson and the other partners of the Firm. It is our core belief that this structure fosters a collaborative environment dedicated to long-term performance, as it ensures alignment between the partners and our investors.
Paulson & Co. manages approximately $18 billion and employs approximately 120 employees in offices located in New York, London, and Hong Kong. As an organization, Paulson & Co. relies on bottom-up fundamental research within corporate events and sectors where we have the expertise and encourages teamwork by incentivizing collaboration and idea-sharing. All of our strategies are focused on compounding gains over the long term.