Prior to joining Maverick in 2017, Mr. Wiessmann served as the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Mudrick Capital Management. In addition to handling all legal and compliance responsibilities for the firm, he sat on the firm’s Management, Investment and Valuation Committees. Before this experience, he acted as Senior Counsel at Two Sigma Investments LP, where he structured and launched all new hedge fund and asset management products. Prior to Two Sigma, Mr. Wiessmann was a Vice President in Credit Suisse’s Alternative Investment Group, served as Associate Counsel and Compliance Associate at Trafelet Delta Funds, and was an Associate at the legal firm Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP. He obtained a B.A. in Religious Studies, with a concentration in Physics from Columbia College. Mr. Wiessmann earned his J.D. from Georgetown University where he was the recipient of the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in anti-trust and the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal for Excellence in bankruptcy studies. He is a member of the State Bar of New York.