Espana GRI

The Espana GRI 2020 is postponed.

As soon as the Authorities give us the go-ahead we will schedule the new dates.

In the meantime we invite the leaders to join the digital version of
Espana GRI discussions taking place from 2 - 4 June.

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Participation in this event is by invitation only. If you would like to join our members please submit your interest here.
All registered attendees are also invited to join ta series eMeeting discussions that GRI Club is running. Please see the full list here

Online Discussions

02/06/2020 | 15:00 - 16:15 | British Summer Time (GMT+1)
Iberia Real Estate
Mapping COVID-19 recovery, growth and inbound investment appetite

GDP, Inflation, Unemployment & Rates - Global recession imminent?
Government’s Action Plans - New policies’ impact on deals and cashflow
Global Banking Response - Is the ECB out of options?
Economic Roadmap - What capital risks and opportunities to look out for?

Lorcain Egan

Head of Lending

Starwood Capital Europe Advisers - UK

Mark Tsocanos

Partner

Baupost Group International - USA

Marta Cladera de Codina

Managing Director, Iberia

Nuveen - Spain

Michael Abel

Partner

TPG - UK

Peter Plaut

Executive Director

Wimmer Family Office

Thomas Kottmann

Exec Board Member & Head of Investor Rel

Mespil

03/06/2020 | 14:00 - 15:00 | British Summer Time (GMT+1)
Spanish Real Estate Market Post COVID
Where will the smart money go?

Government & Fiscal Policy - Dealing with travel restrictions, supporting domestic vs international investing
Financing & Liquidity - What can we expect from lenders?
Capital & Dealflow in Low Interest Rate Environment
Current Impacts - How to juggle risk exposure & cashflow?
Buying Distressed Assets - Is the moment now or holding out?
JV’s and Investment Deals In a World of Social Distancing
Shift in Real Estate Assets: What transitory changes can we expect in portfolios?

Adolfo Favieres

Managing Director, Country Head Spain

Barings Real Estate Advisers - Madrid

Alfonso Brunet

CEO

Castellana Properties Socimi

Christine Chan

Chief Investment Officer (Asia)

The Link REIT

Cristina Pérez Liz

Managing Director

Kennedy Wilson - Madrid

Dilip Khullar

Managing Director

Estabona Management

Federico Montero

Managing Director

Evercore

Guillermo Bergareche

MD, Head of Real Estate

Crédit Agricole - CIB - Spain

Jon Wallenstrom

Principal

Alaka’i Development

Paulo Bittar

Diretor Presidente

Construtora Passarelli

Rubén Otero

CEO

Otero Group

Vitor Freitas Duarte

New Investment Vehicles, Director

Sonae Sierra - Spain

04/06/2020 | 14:30 - 15:30 | British Summer Time (GMT+1)
Iberia Asset Demand
Looking past lockdowns, what winners and losers to back?

What Does the Recovery Look Like by Sector?
Medium Term Strategic Targets - What are the Scale and Revenue Synergies?
Asset resilience, demand and impact on urban vs suburban assets
Rethinking Uses of Space - Repositioning core, value add?
Serviced real estate and world of social distancing
New Demand Assets - Responding to changing consumer demands
Repricing, Risk Adjustment & Valuations - Are distressed portfolios & value-add the new normal?

Cristina García-Peri

Managing Partner

Grupo Azora

Guillermo Ravell

Spain Country Head

Mileway - Spain

Javier Gomez

Director Real Estate EMEA

Nike Inc.

José Antonio de Pedro Cuadrado

Founder

Commuty

Jules Choukroun

Real Estate Director, Iberia

The Student Hotel

Kevin Cheng

Head of Fund Management and Investments

Terraform Capital

Luis Carita

Executive Board Member

SILVIP

Lorcain

Lorcain Egan

Head of LendingLorcain Egan

Lorcain Egan is Head of Lending, Europe for Starwood. Mr. Egan is responsible for debt origination and asset management for Starwood’s lending platform in Europe. Since joining Starwood in 2013, Mr. Egan has structured and executed financings totaling $1.8bn and whilst working in Capital Markets for Starwood between 2013 and 2017 he secured $4.4bn of financing for Starwood’s equity acquisitions across Europe. Prior to joining Starwood Capital, Mr. Egan was a Vice President at Barclays Bank where he worked in their Structured Property, Debt Finance team. In this team, Mr. Egan focused on originating real estate debt opportunities for Barclays. Mr. Egan holds a degree in Law & Economics from the University of Ulster.

Mark

Mark Tsocanos

PartnerMark A. Tsocanos

USA

Mark is a Partner in Baupost’s Private Investment Group, focusing on real estate investments in Europe and the United States. Prior to joining Baupost, Mark served as an investor, asset manager, lender and workouts officer at Apollo Real Estate Advisors, Wexford Management, The Yarmouth Group and Citicorp Real Estate. Mark received his MBA from Columbia Business School and studied architecture at the Yale Graduate School of Art and Architecture. He earned a B.A. with a major in architecture from Columbia College.

Marta

Marta Cladera de Codina

Managing Director, IberiaMarta Cladera de Codina

Spain

Marta Cladera de Codina is responsible for leading the expansion and the management of the business in Iberia, currently with €2 bn of Assets Under Management and 15 assets. In her role, she oversees a dedicated investment and asset management team looking for investment opportunities and creation of JVs in all sectors, residential, logistics, retail and offices. She also manages the relationship with funds, clients and agents in the industry. Marta has been involved in the management and investment of opportunities valued in more than €3bn and has also been active in capital raising for individual investments and long-term mandates across several jurisdictions.

Michael

Michael Abel

PartnerMichael Abel

Michael is a Partner at TPG, a leading global private investment firm with approx. $88 billion of assets under management. He has helped establish TPG Real Estate’s efforts in Europe and is a member of TPG Real Estate’s Investment Committee and TPG Europe’s Executive Committee. He serves on the Board of Directors of several portfolio companies, including A&O Hostels, Campo Properties and Campus Living. He serves as Chairman of Tempore Properties SOCIMI and serves as Chairman of Deutsche Office Properties. He is also a member of the Board at Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. He holds a Diplôme de Grande École and a Master of Science in Management from ESCP Europe, and speaks German, Spanish, English, Portuguese and French.

Peter

Peter Plaut

Executive DirectorPeter Plaut

Peter Plaut is an Executive Director at Wimmer Family Office focused on origination, researching and structuring private debt and equity transactions across a broad range of industries including specializing in real estate across the residential, office and hotel and hospitality sectors. Minimum transaction size is $100mm to well over $1 billion. Mr. Plaut is consistently recognized as a leader in the industry. Among his many achievements and awards, he was ranked as one of the Top 20 Rising Stars of Hedge Funds during the 2008 financial crisis –a recognition of his ability to manage through crisis and create positive investment opportunities in all environments.

Thomas

Thomas Kottmann

Exec Board Member & Head of Investor RelThomas Kottmann

Switzerland

Your Swiss partner for Real Estate Projects in one of the finest European RE markets: Portugal. We develop residential projects in the south of Portugal (Lisbon, Faro, Évora) and we are always open to discuss JVs.

Adolfo

Adolfo Favieres

Managing Director, Country Head SpainAdolfo Favieres

Spain

Mr. Favieres is responsible for sourcing both new real estate investment opportunities in Spain as well as capital from Spanish institutions wishing to invest in Barings’s real estate debt and equity products in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to joining Barings in 2015, Mr. Favieres was Principal of the H.I.G. Capital European Real Estate Group, where he was responsible for overseeing European acquisitions, asset management and dispositions across multiple real estate asset classes. Preceding this, Mr. Favieres held various management positions in Bank of Scotland, Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank and Hypo Real Estate Bank. Mr. Favieres earned a BA degree in Economics from Universidad Complutense and an Executive MBA from IESE Business School.

Alfonso

Alfonso Brunet

CEOAlfonso Brunet

Spain

Real Estate expert with more than 20 years of experience in the industry, from retail and offices to industrial & logistics. Alfonso Brunet holds a Bachelor in Business Administration with Concentration in Finance from Boston University. He has dedicated his last 14 years in the retail Real Estate industry heading different projects, at CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) he assumed the position of responsible for logistics and industrial assets and in Pradera, a Private Equity Retail Fund he held the position of Country Head. Alfonso is since 2017, CEO of Castellana Properties REIT.

Christine

Christine Chan

Chief Investment Officer (Asia)Christine Chan

Hong Kong

Ms Chan has over 20 years of experience in real estate and related fund management industry. Prior to Link, Ms Chan has various roles in Harvest Capital Partners, ARA Asset Management (Prosperity) and Hutchison Whampoa Properties. Ms Chan has extensive experience in direct asset investment, debt and equity investment and financing, asset management, REIT and private equity fund set up and management in the Greater China Region. Ms Chan holds a BSc from The University of Hong Kong and a MSc in Global Finance jointly conferred by the New York University Stern School of Business and the HKUST Business School. She is a qualified General Practice Surveyor and a member of HKIS and RICS.

Cristina

Cristina Pérez Liz

Managing DirectorCristina Pérez Liz

Spain

Ms Perez Liz, based in Madrid, is the Managing Director of Kennedy Wilson Spain and has almost 20 years of investment banking, real estate and capital markets experience throughout Spain and the rest of Europe. Prior to joining Kennedy Wilson, she was a Managing Director of Banco Santander’s restructuring unit for medium size corporates, and had previously played different roles at PwC, and Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan in London . Over her career, Ms Perez has intervened in the completion of more than 25bn in European real-estate related transactions, including equity, direct lending, mezzanine, securitisation, and restructuring work.

Dilip

Dilip Khullar

Managing DirectorDilip Khullar

Spain

Dilip is Estabona Management’s Managing Director and has worked in Spain in the shopping centre sector for 25 years. Before establishing Estabona, Dilip held management positions in the American developer Hines where he was responsible for the development of Diagonal Mar shopping center in Barcelona and was previously Managing Director of the Canadian investment and development company TrizecHahn in Spain. Dilip currently maintains an investment company with Cadena, a U.K. based investment management company. Dilip holds undergraduate and post graduate degrees in Economics as well as an Advanced Certificate in Management and Technology Innovation from the MIT Sloan School of Business.

Federico

Federico Montero

Managing DirectorFederico Montero

Federico has more than 20 years’ experience leading loan portfolio and commercial real estate transactions across Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the Middle East and has been involved in over 85 transactions with a combined face value in excess of €98 billion. His clients have included numerous banks, leading financial institutions and specialist real estate funds as well as several of the national asset management agencies across Europe. Prior to joining Evercore to lead the European RE team, Federico set up the C&W European Loan Sales team in 2012, before he was at KPMG Corporate Finance in London & Hong Kong

Guillermo

Guillermo Bergareche

MD, Head of Real EstateGuillermo Bergareche

Spain

1997-2001 – Education at CUNEF, Major in Finance. 2001-2003 – Lehman Brothers, Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions, London. 2003-2008 – Crédit Agricole CIB, Associate Director, Project and Acquisition Finance, Madrid. 2009-2016 – Crédit Agricole CIB, Managing Director, Head of Real Estate and Hotel Group Spain, Madrid

Jon

Jon Wallenstrom

PrincipalJon Wallenstrom

USA

Jon Wallenstrom is a principal with Alaka‘i Development (AD) and leads a team of experienced real estate professionals focused on building Hawaii a smarter future through innovative development. Alaka’i is currently advancing a mixed-use apartment community in Kakaako, 690 Pohukaina, on the Island of Oahu. 690 Pohukaina will implement an elementary school and approximately 600 unit that will house Hawaii’s workforce. The project is proceeding and should start construction in 2018. In addition to developing 690 Pohukaina AD is building an important road on the island of Kona. Manawalea road will provide much needed Mauka/Makai access to the people of Kona and is currently under construction with a estimated completion date in 2017.

Paulo

Paulo Bittar

Diretor PresidentePaulo Said Bittar

Brazil

Rubén

Rubén Otero

CEORubén Otero

Spain

Ruben Otero comes from a family with more than 60 years experience in construction business, even he has got a BA profile, we can say that the construction is within his blood. With 20 years of experience managing both, development and building companies, he has developed over 80 M€ until 2008 in Spain. Between 2010 and 2014 he was managing a company specialized in designing and building luxury villas on Costa del Sol (Spain) with a turnover of 50 M€ during these years. In 2014, he decided to create OTERO group with the intention of being self sufficient in all development process and be able to speed the process and control the costs with the highest quality.

Vitor

Vitor Freitas Duarte

New Investment Vehicles, DirectorVitor Freitas Duarte

Spain

Vitor Freitas Duarte joined Sonae in 1997 and held various positions ranging from Investor Relations at Sonae SGPS to Project Manager at Sonae UK. In 2004 he joined Sonae Sierra as a Finance Manager and, three years later, he assumed responsibilities as Senior Manager for New Projects and Acquisitions in Europe. In 2010, he was also appointed Corporate Controller with responsibilities for information systems and European back offices. In 2017 Vitor moved to the Madrid office with responsibilities for the investment and management of ORES Socimi and developing new investment vehicles. Academic achievements: Degree in Management, Oporto University; MBA, ESADE Business School/NYU Stern.

Cristina

Cristina García-Peri

Managing PartnerCristina García-Peri

Spain

Cristina García-Peri is Head of Corporate Development and Strategy for the Azora Group, an independent investment and asset management group with more than €3.7bn of equity raised. Prior to joining the Azora Group in 2011, she worked for 16 years in the investment- banking sector at both Merrill Lynch (2 years) and JP Morgan (14 years), where she held various positions in the area of M&A for 4 years and for 10 years was MD responsible for Corporate Equity Derivatives for EMEA. Her last two years in investment banking took place at Merrill Lynch where, in addition to continuing to lead Corporate Equity Derivatives she also was responsible for Equity Capital Markets for Spain and Portugal.

Guillermo

Guillermo Ravell

Spain Country HeadGuillermo Ravell

Spain

Mr. Ravell has more than 20 years experience in the real estate sector. Prior to joining Mileway in October 2019, he spent 2 years as Senior Advisor for Kefren Capital Real Estate and 10 years as Country Manager for Goodman, leading asset management, investment and development transactions in Spain. Guillermo has also worked at CBRE in various roles, first as Asset Management Director and later as Regional Director Valencia.

Javier

Javier Gomez

Director Real Estate EMEAJavier Gomez

Spain

Architect by degree, Javier coursed different post-graduate programs industry and business related. Javier has gained experience in Real Estate and Construction from different markets, including Spain, Middle East and since 2014, in The Netherlands, where he is now Director of Real Estate, Program Management and Construction for non-retail locations in Nike EMEA. In this role, he’s responsible for supporting the activation of Nike strategy in key cities and campuses in EMEA.

José

José Antonio de Pedro Cuadrado

FounderJosé Antonio de Pedro Cuadrado

Spain

Jose manages innovation projects for investment funds. Among others, he has directed asset transformation projects into co-working, co-living, PropTech implementation and multi-generational housing. +2 years Experience in the Real Estate Sector advising investment funds on asset transformation. Managed several projects of co-working and co-living transformation providing innovation to real estate portfolios. Previous experience on structural and facade engineering

Jules

Jules Choukroun

Real Estate Director, IberiaJules Choukroun

Netherlands

Kevin

Kevin Cheng

Head of Fund Management and InvestmentsKevin Cheng

Hong Kong

Kevin has extensive real estate fund management and asset management experience, having worked on portfolios in Australia, United States of America and Mainland China, and across different asset class such as retail, industrial and office. Kevin joined Terraform Capital in March 2018, as Director of Funds Management, he oversees fund operations and develop new funds, investor relations and sourcing new real estate opportunities for new funds.

Luis

Luis Carita

Executive Board MemberLuis Carita

Portugal

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Spain Advisory Board

Brian Betel

Managing Partner

ASG Iberia Advisors

http://www.activumsg.com

+34 917 37 58 55

Madrid | Spain

Activum IberiaSG invests in niche value add commercial real estate include shopping center and hotel repositioning and residential development opportunities, enhancing assets through hands-on management.

Cristina García-Peri

Managing Partner

Grupo Azora

http://www.azora.es/

+34 913 106 370

Madrid | Spain

Grupo Azora es una gestora independiente, líder en España, que comenzó su actividad en 2003 y que en la gestiona activos con un valor de casi 5.000 millones de euros. Su plataforma, una de las más importantes en España, cuenta con más de 200 profesionales con gran experiencia en todo el espectro del ciclo inmobiliario, incluyendo la originación, estructuración e inversión, nuevos desarrollos y reposicionamientos, gestión integral, alquiler y venta de activos individuales o carteras. Azora está especializada en cuatro tipologías de activos: residencial, hoteles, oficinas y alojamientos para estudiantes. Azora gestiona en la actualidad una de las principales carteras de residencial en alquiler en España, con más de 12.000 viviendas, y ha creado la mayor cartera de hoteles en España en régimen de gestión / alquiler con más de 13.000 habitaciones recientemente adquirida por Blackstone a través de la oferta pública de adquisición de Hispania.

Cristina Pérez Liz

Managing Director

Kennedy Wilson - Madrid

http://www.kennedywilson.com

+34 91 7372540

Madrid | Spain

Kennedy Wilson is a vertically integrated global real estate investment and services company with over $18.1 billion in assets under management.

Dilip Khullar

Managing Director

Estabona Management

Félix Llorente Sanz

CEO

Wilcox

https://www.wilhelmandco.be/en/

+34 918 891 155

Alcalá de Henares | Spain

Investor/co-INVESTOR / Developer (Residential, Retail, Logistics, Student Housing, Hospital-Houses for Seniors).

Jordi Sans Domenech

General Manager

Volumetric

http://www.volumetric.es

+34 93 755 44 44

Mataró | Spain

RE developments in Catalonia, Poland, Romania & Hungary. Nowadays we strengthen our growth by creating partnerships with land owners and investors

Brian

Brian Betel

Managing PartnerBrian Betel

Spain

Brian has worked for 25 years in the RE sector investing in 6 countries covering a wide range of products in Private Equity RE including CRE value add, turnarounds and residential, hotel and resort development in addition to alternative asset classes. Brian has a further specialty in debt and NPL acquisitions and workouts navigating insolvency processes to unlock value in distressed special situations. He spent 14 years in North America and Europe at a major PE fund with his final position as MD in Spain before opening the ASG Iberia office in Spain as the Managing Partner and setting up ASG Homes Propcorp as a Founding Partner currently developing multifamily residential projects in ten cities throughout Spain with 1,750 condominiums.

Cristina

Cristina García-Peri

Managing PartnerCristina García-Peri

Spain

Cristina

Cristina Pérez Liz

Managing DirectorCristina Pérez Liz

Spain

Dilip

Dilip Khullar

Managing DirectorDilip Khullar

Spain

Félix

Félix Llorente Sanz

CEOFélix Llorente Sanz

Spain

8000 residential units developed, 300000 m2 Logistics under development, 50000m2 retail High STREET under management, 16000m2 Houses for seniors under development, 120 Student Housing units recently open. TRAINING: • IESE - Senior Business Management Program • Bachelor of Business Administration and Management. • Technician in Business Administration and Management • Master in Financial Management • High Executive program RE Management and Valuations • High Executive degree grade: Private equity and structured finance • Executive Administration Program. PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: • General Director of Grupo Wilcox • Vice President of AEDHE • Member of the Board of Directors of CEIM • Member of ULI and ICSC.

Jordi

Jordi Sans Domenech

General ManagerJordi Sans Domenech

Spain

Jordi Sans is General Manager of Volumetric. Member of the family owners.Since 1999 leads real estate division of Grup Volumetric, and with his team of professionals has developed 270,000 sqm of land and built 437,000 sqm, mainly residential. He has also managed refurbishment projects, logistics, commercial and office buildings. In 2006 he started up partner companies in Poland, Romania and Hungary recruiting local management teams and adapting to each country the systems and working philosophy of the group. In those countries we have built 1,150 homes. Under his management Volumetric has developed projects continuously since 2000.

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