John Bailey

John Bailey currently serves as General Counsel at DFO Management, LLC, a position held since July 2025. Prior to this role, John was a Principal and Senior Corporate Counsel at BDT & MSD Partners from January 2022 to June 2025. John also worked as an Associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz from May 2016 to January 2022 and participated in a Fulbright Fellowship at the U.S. Department of State in 2013-2014. Academic credentials include a Doctor of Law (JD) from Harvard Law School, a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) from the University of Cambridge, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Columbia University.