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Eric Phillips is a managing director and product specialist for Kayne Anderson’s real estate group. As a specialist across real estate equity and debt products, Phillips liaises between the Firm’s investment / portfolio management activity and capital raising initiatives. He also focuses on sourcing, developing, and managing client relationships across the consultant and institutional investor community for the Firm’s real estate business.
Prior to joining Kayne Anderson in 2026, Phillips was a managing director of capital formation at Castle Peak Holdings, where his primary responsibilities included leading the firm’s capital formation efforts, structuring and executing joint venture partnerships, and developing relationships across endowments, foundations, family offices, and sovereign wealth funds. Earlier in his career, he spent nine years at Tishman Speyer in acquisitions, asset management, and capital formation, ultimately co-managing the firm’s U.S. Equity Capital Markets group.
Phillips earned a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.