Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
McCormack Pamela
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Ladder Capital Corp [LADR]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Strategy Officer & GC
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O LADDER CAPITAL CORP, 345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/17/2015
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10154
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A common stock 02/17/2015   A   75,669 (1) (2) (3) A $ 0 209,940 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock option $ 18.84 02/17/2015   A   8,408 (1)     (4)   (4) Class A common stock 8,408 $ 0 8,408 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
McCormack Pamela
C/O LADDER CAPITAL CORP
345 PARK AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10154
      Chief Strategy Officer & GC  

Signatures

 /s/ Michelle Wallach, as Attorney-in-Fact for Pamela McCormack   02/19/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents the Reporting Person's annual equity incentive award for the year ended December 31, 2014, payable 90% in restricted stock and 10% in stock options.
(2) Fifty percent of the restricted stock grant is subject to specified performance-based vesting criteria, and the remaining fifty percent is subject to specified time-based vesting criteria. The performance-vesting restricted stock granted to the Reporting Person will vest in three equal installments with respect to Ladder Capital Corp's ("Ladder") performance for the years ending December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The time-vesting restricted stock granted to the Reporting Person will vest in three equal installments on the first three anniversaries of the grant date.
(3) In each case, vesting is subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment on the applicable vesting dates. Notwithstanding (2) above, with respect to the time-vesting shares, such shares will become fully vested on the Reporting Person's retirement eligibility date, defined as the date on or after February 11, 2019 where the sum of (x) the Reporting Person's age and (y) the Reporting Person's fully completed years of employment with Ladder or a subsidiary is equal to or greater than 60 (the "Retirement Eligibility Date").
(4) This option grant will vest and become exercisable in three equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment on the applicable vesting dates. Notwithstanding the above, the Reporting Person's options will become fully vested on the Retirement Eligibility Date.

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