People: Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp (ACRE.N)

Mr. Michael D. Weiner serves as Vice President, General Counsel of Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. Mr. Weiner is also Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of Ares Management, and may from time to time serve as an officer, director or principal of entities affiliated with Ares Management or of investment funds managed by Ares Management and its affiliates. He has also served as a Vice President of Ares Capital Corporation since July 2011. From September 2006 to January 2010, Mr. Weiner served as General Counsel of Ares Capital Corporation and from April 2011 to July 2011 Mr. Weiner served as the Chief Compliance Officer of Ares Capital Corporation on an interim basis. Mr. Weiner joined Ares Management in September 2006. Previously, Mr. Weiner served as General Counsel to Apollo Management L.P. and had been an officer of the corporate general partner of Apollo since 1992. Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Weiner was a partner in the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius specializing in corporate and alternative financing transactions, securities law as well as general partnership, corporate and regulatory matters. Mr. Weiner has served and continues to serve on the boards of directors of several public and private corporations. Mr. Weiner also serves on the Board of Governors of the Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Mr. Weiner graduated with a B.S. in Business and Finance from the University of California at Berkeley and a J.D. from the University of Santa Clara.