Joseph Cipolla is a Vice President of Wafra Capital Partners Inc ("Wafra Capital"), where he primarily focuses on originating, executing and monitoring strategic transactions and relationships in the maritime and aviation sectors, among others. Prior to joining Wafra Capital in 2011, he was in-house counsel at Bridgewater Associates, LP and an associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. He received his JD, with honors, from New York University School of Law and his AB, with honors, from Princeton University.

Wafra Capital, a U.S. registered investment adviser that is beneficially majority owned by an autonomous agency of the government of Kuwait, provides investment advisory services to its clients and principally focuses on structuring and advising investment vehicles in the asset-based and structured finance arenas.