Mark Shapiro

Mark Shapiro

Managing Director
PointState Capital LP

Mark Shapiro is a Managing Director at PointState Capital LP where he is the Head of Restructuring. Prior to joining PointState, Mr. Shapiro was a Managing Director at Barclays PLC, where he was the Global Head of Restructuring and Finance in the investment banking division from 2008 to 2014. Prior to that, Mr. Shapiro held the same position at Lehman Brothers from 2002 to 2008 and was the quarterback of the sale of Lehman Brothers’ US investment banking operations to Barclays in Chapter 11. Mr. Shapiro was a partner at the law firm of Shearman & Sterling from 1995-2002. Mr. Shapiro received a B.A. from Hobart College, magna cum laude and a J.D. from Columbia Law School, and also attended the London School of Economics.