David Valiaveedan

David Valiaveedan joined Kennedy Lewis in 2021 and is a Partner focused on investments in Homebuilding and Land Development. Mr. Valiaveedan has over 30 years of experience in real estate focused on the structuring and placement of debt and equity for public and private companies across the homebuilding, multifamily, office and hotel segments. Prior to joining Kennedy Lewis, Mr. Valiaveedan was at DW Partners, LP where he led the formation of Domain Real Estate Partners and targeted residential investment.

Prior to joining DW Partners in August 2015, David was Vice President of Finance & Treasurer at Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc, a leading national homebuilder. At Hovnanian, he was a member of senior management responsible for the treasury and corporate finance functions and served as a member of the company’s land acquisition committee. He focused on raising debt and equity capital at both the entity level through senior notes and share issuances, and at the community level through project debt and joint venture equity including land banking.

Prior to joining Hovnanian in 2005, Mr. Valiaveedan was a Vice President at AIG Global Real Estate where he led capital markets for a portfolio of six AIG sponsored global private equity funds and direct portfolio investments with a gross invested balance of over $6 billion.

Prior to AIG, from 2000-2002, he was a Vice President in Real Estate Investment Banking at Credit Suisse; he held the same position at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette before it was acquired by Credit Suisse. At both firms he was involved in the structuring and placement of debt and equity capital as well as mergers and acquisitions for real estate companies.

From 1997-2000, Mr. Valiaveedan was a Vice President at Credit Re Mortgage Capital, a merchant bank focused on credit enhancement for affordable housing. From 1994-1997, he was an Associate in Real Estate Investment Banking at Bankers Trust (now Deutsche Bank) and participated in the acquisition of distressed and non-performing loan portfolios from various sellers, including the Resolution Trust Corporation.

Mr. Valiaveedan holds a BS in Finance from Georgetown University and an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.