A partner in the Paul, Weiss San Francisco office, Austin is a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Groups. Austin focuses his practice on representing private equity firms in all aspects of their businesses, including domestic and cross-border leveraged and management buyouts, venture and growth capital investments, divestitures, other mergers and acquisitions, equity financings, restructurings and work outs, joint ventures and corporate governance matters. He has expertise in structuring, negotiating and managing the corporate, securities and tax aspects of complex transactions.

Mr. Huff has over twenty years of experience in the private equity industry and has been a partner in several private equity funds raised by Austin Ventures and J. H. Whitney. Mr. Huff led investments in, and had board responsibilities for, profitable investments in industry-leading companies such as R360 Environmental Solutions, Brooks Sports, ICON International, Kana Communications, Metis and Tallan.

Prior to co-founding Blue Sage in 2002, Mr. Huff was a partner at Austin Ventures, a large private equity fund based in Austin, Texas. Prior to joining Austin Ventures, he was a managing member at J. H. Whitney, a private equity firm that grew from approximately Blue Sage’s size to over $5 billion of assets under management while Mr. Huff was with the firm. Before joining Whitney, Mr. Huff was a Fulbright Scholar at the National University of Singapore and worked with McKinsey and Company.

Mr. Huff is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and a Founding Board Member of ACG Central Texas. He was also elected to the national Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA) Board of Governors in 2011.

Mr. Huff received his undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he graduated first in his class, was President of the Student Center Governing Board and earned First-Team Academic All-American honors in track and field. He earned his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Campbell is a Senior Managing Director of Peak Rock. He is responsible for all aspects of the investment process including sourcing, structuring, financing, and supporting the execution of growth and operational initiatives. Mr. Campbell serves on the Board of Directors of numerous portfolio companies and has led investments across a wide range of industries including infrastructure services, chemicals, distribution, packaging, consumer packaged food, and industrials.

Previously, Mr. Campbell was with McKinsey & Company, a leading consulting firm, where he worked across a variety of industries on operational and organizational improvement initiatives. Prior to joining McKinsey, he was at Houlihan Lokey, where he was a member of the Financial Restructuring Group.

Mr. Campbell received a master’s degree in business administration, with distinction, from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in economics, magna cum laude, from Vanderbilt University.

Karl Schade has been structuring, analyzing, and managing private equity investments for over three decades. Today, he serves as Managing Partner of Presidio Investors, the private equity firm he founded in 2007. In this role, Karl has focused on middle market buyouts in the entertainment and business services industries in North America and Europe. At Presidio Investors, Karl, and the team he has recruited, have invested in seventeen platform investments through over forty acquisitions.

Karl also has significant CEO experience. From 2013-2016, he was the CEO of The Presidio Group, a San Francisco-based financial services firm with ~$5 billion of assets under advisement. As CEO, Karl worked with the team and Board of Presidio to grow assets, open a Washington D.C. office, and restructure the firm, resulting in a successful exit. During 2011, Karl also served as CEO of Hattrick Sports Group, one of Presidio Investors’ most successful technology investments.

Prior to founding Presidio Investors, Karl worked for a decade at several large private equity firms, including The Blackstone Group in New York City, Silver Lake Partners in Menlo Park, and Blum Capital Partners in San Francisco. While at these Firms, Karl learned industry best practices and was a team-member on deals representing approximately $1 billion of invested equity capital.

Karl received his MBA from Harvard Business School and his BA from Claremont McKenna College. Karl has served on numerous Boards and Associations and is a frequent speaker at industry events.