Franklin is a leader in the field of convertible and credit arbitrage, approaching the discipline with a combination of intensive analysis, deep experience and innovative thinking. He manages the San Francisco office and is Portfolio Manager for the Pine River Convertibles Fund. Prior to joining Pine River in 2007, Franklin was a Managing Director at Amaranth Advisors from 2000 until 2005 where he co-managed convertible and credit arbitrage portfolios. From 1998 until 2000, Franklin was an attorney at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton specializing in sovereign debt restructuring. He received a JD from Yale Law School in 1997, an MS in Statistics from Yale School of Graduate Studies in 1997 and a BA in Mathematics from Princeton in 1993. Franklin was admitted to the partnership in 2010.