Karthik Bhavaraju has more than 20 years of operating, investing, litigation support and restructuring advisory experience across a variety of industries. Karthik has led or played major roles in a variety of Goldin engagements including, notably, those involving the monoline insurers, Ambac, Syncora, Assured Guaranty and MBIA, as well as other high-profile matters, such as Platinum Funds, Fletcher International, Energy Future Holdings, and Caesars Gaming. In his monoline matters, Karthik has analyzed structured products portfolios, including those whose underlying assets were student loans, in order to determine optimal restructuring or litigation outcomes.

Karthik joined Goldin from Primus Asset Management, an alternative investment firm, where he made RMBS investments using derivatives. Prior to Primus, Karthik was an Associate Vice President at the National City Bank, where he helped manage a $20 billion portfolio of subprime mortgages.