Anton Anikst

Analyst-Equity at

Knighthead Capital Management LLC

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Mr. Anton Anikst is a Partner & Senior Trader at Knighthead Capital Management LLC.
Prior to his time at York, Mr. Anikst worked in the Distressed, Special-Situations and High Yield group at Morgan Stanley from 2000 to 2008, covering the larger bankruptcies in the telecom/media/technology space.
Mr. Anikst started his career as a management consultant with Orion Consultants, where he headed the company’s High Yield and Distressed research project.
He earned his BA degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard University.

Anton Anikst active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Knighthead Capital Management LLC Knighthead Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Knighthead focuses on long-short investments and specializes in event driven, distressed credit and special situation opportunities across a broad array of industries. Their Funds aims to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns while emphasizing the preservation of capital.	Analyst-Equity	01/03/2011

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Companies	Position	End
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Analyst-Equity	31/08/2008
Orion Consultants, Inc. Orion Consultants, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides management consultancy services	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
York Capital Management Global Advisors LLC York Capital Management Global Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance York is a global, event-driven investment firm which specializes in M&A transactions, distressed situations, restructuring opportunities and special situations including spin-offs and split-ups, litigation opportunities, shareholder agitation and proxy contests, balance sheet arbitrage and consolidations. The firm seeks to generate consistent superior investment results relatively independent of the returns generated by the overall equity markets. Their approach is opportunistic and builds portfolios from the bottom-up on a trade-by-trade basis in response to market conditions.	Analyst-Equity	-

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York Capital Management Global Advisors LLC York Capital Management Global Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance York is a global, event-driven investment firm which specializes in M&A transactions, distressed situations, restructuring opportunities and special situations including spin-offs and split-ups, litigation opportunities, shareholder agitation and proxy contests, balance sheet arbitrage and consolidations. The firm seeks to generate consistent superior investment results relatively independent of the returns generated by the overall equity markets. Their approach is opportunistic and builds portfolios from the bottom-up on a trade-by-trade basis in response to market conditions.	Finance
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Finance
Harvard University Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Knighthead Capital Management LLC Knighthead Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Knighthead focuses on long-short investments and specializes in event driven, distressed credit and special situation opportunities across a broad array of industries. Their Funds aims to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns while emphasizing the preservation of capital.	Finance
Orion Consultants, Inc. Orion Consultants, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides management consultancy services	Commercial Services