James Morphis

James Morphis

James Morphis

Executive Director
13 years industry experience

James Morphis

Executive Director

13 years industry experience

Biography

James Morphis is an Executive Director of Morgan Stanley and a member of the Morgan Stanley Private Credit team, where he focuses on originating and underwriting investment opportunities. Mr. Morphis joined Morgan Stanley in 2016 and has over 13 years of relevant industry experience. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Morphis structured, marketed and placed private debt and equity capital as part of Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Markets Group. Prior to Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Morphis was an Assistant Vice President at GE Capital Markets in their leveraged finance business, structuring, marketing and syndicating leveraged loans. Mr. Morphis was also an analyst at M&T Bank, where he underwrote middle market credit facilities, conducting fundamental credit analysis and performing detailed financial modeling. Mr. Morphis holds a B.A. from the University of Rochester and an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.

Other Team Members

New York

Jeff Levin

Managing Director, Co-Head of N. America Private Credit, Head of Direct Lending

New York

Ashwin Krishnan

Managing Director, Co-Head of N. America Private Credit, Head of Opportunistic Credit

New York

Hank D'Alessandro

Vice Chairman, North America Private Credit

Chicago

Jeff Day

Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets & Business Development

Mark Jochims

Managing Director

Chicago

David Kulakofsky

Managing Director, Head of Direct Lending Underwriting & Portfolio Management

Los Angeles

Peter Ma

Managing Director

New York

Orit Mizrachi

Managing Director

New York

Michael Occi

Chief Administrative Officer

New York

David Pessah

Managing Director

Los Angeles

Kunal Soni

Managing Director, Head of Western Region, Head of Direct Lending Technology

New York

Jon Spivak

Executive Director

New York

Sean Sullivan

Managing Director, Head of Direct Lending Origination

New York

Debra Abramovitz

Executive Director

New York

Fay Chen

Executive Director

New york

Griffin Coakley

Vice President

New York

Charlie Guyton

Executive Director

Chicago

Lauren Krepelka

Executive Director

New York

Jeff Levin

Managing Director, Co-Head of N. America Private Credit, Head of Direct Lending

New York

Ashwin Krishnan

Managing Director, Co-Head of N. America Private Credit, Head of Opportunistic Credit

New York

Hank D'Alessandro

Vice Chairman, North America Private Credit

Chicago

Jeff Day

Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets & Business Development

Mark Jochims

Managing Director

Chicago

David Kulakofsky

Managing Director, Head of Direct Lending Underwriting & Portfolio Management

Los Angeles

Peter Ma

Managing Director

New York

Orit Mizrachi

Managing Director

New York

Michael Occi

Chief Administrative Officer

New York

David Pessah

Managing Director

Los Angeles

Kunal Soni

Managing Director, Head of Western Region, Head of Direct Lending Technology

New York

Jon Spivak

Executive Director

New York

Sean Sullivan

Managing Director, Head of Direct Lending Origination

New York

Debra Abramovitz

Executive Director

New York

Fay Chen

Executive Director

New york

Griffin Coakley

Vice President

New York

Charlie Guyton

Executive Director

Chicago

Lauren Krepelka

Executive Director

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