Exhibit 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                 FOR SEC FILINGS ON FORMS ID, 3, 4, 5 AND 144
                          IN RESPECT OF SECURITIES OF
                  APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC.

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of John J. Suydam, Jessica
L. Lomm, and Maria N. Lennox, or any one of them acting alone, as her true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for her in her name and stead in any and all capacities, to sign
and file for and on her behalf, in respect of any acquisition, disposition or
other change in ownership of any shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (the "Company"), the
following:

    (i)   any Form ID to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
         (the "SEC");

    (ii)   any Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3
           to be filed with the SEC;

    (iii)   any Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on
            Form 4 to be filed with the SEC;

    (iv)   any Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 5
           to be filed with the SEC;

    (v)   any Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities on Form 144 to be filed with
          the SEC; and

    (vi)   any and all agreements, certificates, receipts, or other documents in
           connection therewith.

The undersigned hereby gives full power and authority to the attorney-in-fact to
seek and obtain as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees,
and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release such
information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of
information.

The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifies and confirms all
that any such attorney-in-fact and agent or substitute may do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

    (i)   neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any
          liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
          requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
          "Exchange Act"), (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure
          to comply with such requirements or (iii) any obligation or liability
          of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the
          Exchange Act; and

    (ii)   this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
           responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations
           under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting
           requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.


This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney.



Date:  May 12, 2020                          /s/ Katherine G. Newman
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                                             Katherine G. Newman