Our Team

Theodore L. Koenig
President and Chief Executive Officer,
312.523.2360, tkoenig@monroecap.com

Mr. Koenig is the President, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Monroe Capital. Prior to founding Monroe in 2004, Mr. Koenig organized Hilco Capital LP and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer since its inception in 1999. Mr. Koenig has over 24 years of experience in structuring, negotiating and closing transactions on behalf of asset-based lenders, commercial finance companies, financial institutions and private equity investors.

Prior to founding Hilco Capital, Mr. Koenig spent 13 years at the Chicago-based law firm of Holleb & Coff, where he served as partner and co chair of the firm’s Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Finance groups and where he supervised and was responsible for structuring, negotiating and documenting acquisitions and sales of middle-market companies as well as representing the firm’s bank, financial institution and commercial finance clients in asset-based financing transactions for buyout, recapitalization and restructuring transactions. Prior to joining Holleb & Coff in 1986, Mr. Koenig was an associate in the Mergers/Acquisitions Group at Winston & Strawn, a national law firm also based in Chicago.

Mr. Koenig is a graduate of Indiana University (BS) in accounting with high honors and Chicago Kent College of Law (JD) with honors. Mr. Koenig is also a certified public accountant. Mr. Koenig is a director of the Commercial Finance Association and a member of the Turnaround Management Association, Association for Corporate Growth and the Executives’ Club of Chicago.

Mr. Koenig is a frequent lecturer to various business and financial organizations on topics such as the current environment for senior and junior debt, tranche B debt, structuring successful leveraged loan transactions and acquiring troubled companies. Mr. Koenig has published numerous articles in these areas.

Mr. Koenig also serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council, Kelley School of Business; Board of Overseers, Chicago-Kent School of Law; and as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Allendale School, a non-profit residential and educational facility for emotionally troubled children in the greater Chicago area.

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