Larry Paredes

Lawrence D.
Paredes is currently a Member of the New York State Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association, Inc., and the United States District Court For The District of New Jersey.
Currently serves as Secretary & General Counsel at Blackrock Direct Lending Corp.
Formerly served as Managing Director at BlackRock Finance, Inc. and BlackRock, Inc. Served as Secretary, Senior Vice President & General Counsel at Omnicom Group, Inc. Held the position of Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel at BKCA Mezzanine Advisors LLC.
Served as Secretary, Senior Vice President & General Counsel at Porter Novelli, Inc. Was Principal at Spitzer & Feldman PC.
Served as Trustee at The Frederick Gunn School.
Held the role of General Counsel at 52nd Street Capital Advisors LLC.
Served as Trustee & President-Alumni Executive Board at Rye Country Day School.
From 2008 to 2023, served as Secretary & General Counsel at BlackRock Capital Investment Corp.
Also served as Secretary at BlackRock Private Credit Fund and Blackrock TCP Capital Corp.
Education includes undergraduate studies at Hobart & William Smith Colleges and graduate studies at Benjamin N.
Cardozo School of Law.