Real estate group Newmark expands European finance team
US real estate group Newmark has made four new senior hires in its European debt, equity and structured finance teams.
The new appointments are Andrew Allen (pictured above) as head of investment strategy; Hoong Wey Woon as managing director; as well as Max Hagelstein and Phil Creed, who are both filling director positions.
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The new team members will be led by Charlie Foster and Matthew Featherstone and provide services across Germany, France and the UK. They are also set to work closely with Newmark’s European data centre division.
“They will focus their considerable expertise on financing the data centre and powered land sector, in addition to office, industrial and residential mandates,” said Michael Lehrman, Newmark’s UK And Europe president.
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Allen, who was most recently global chief investment officer for equity investment at Savills Investment Management, will oversee the creation of bespoke thought leadership outputs for investor clients.
Wey Woon will focus on the real estate, lodging and care sectors across Europe. He previously worked on similar themes at KPMG and DC Advisory Group, having specialised in domestic and cross border M&A, capital raises and structured finance.
Meanwhile, Hagelstein will be responsible for managing mandates across Europe and Creed will be leveraging his wide-ranging experience on M&A, across infrastructure and UK public transactions.
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