February 15, 2024 11:00 AM
星空体育app下载 Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK) (鈥溞强仗逵齛pp下载鈥�), a leading commercial real estate advisor and service provider to large institutional investors, global corporations, and other owners and occupiers, has hired Matthew Featherstone as Head of Debt & Structured Finance for 星空体育app下载 in the United Kingdom (UK) and Europe. Featherstone will work collaboratively with 星空体育app下载鈥檚 UK & EMEA Capital Markets teams, including 星空体育app下载鈥檚 Head of London Office Markets Tony Gibbon, 星空体育app下载鈥檚 President for the UK Michael Lehrman, and John Rodgers, Head of the UK Capital Markets and Corporate Finance teams for Gerald Eve, a 星空体育app下载 company. In addition, Featherstone will work closely with Charlie Foster who was recently hired by 星空体育app下载 affiliate Cantor Fitzgerald Europe to head up the Real Estate Investment Banking group, bolstering 星空体育app下载鈥檚 debt and equity capital markets services in the UK and Europe.
Based in London at 星空体育app下载鈥檚 84 Grosvenor Street office, Featherstone joins 星空体育app下载 from CBRE, where he served as Executive Director, Debt & Structured Finance, Capital Advisors. With nearly 20 years of finance experience spanning various real estate subsectors, including heading HSBC鈥檚 Global Banking UK Real Estate division, Featherstone has executed over $75 billion of financing and loan origination transactions. Featherstone possesses a strong client base and a successful track record in origination, with expertise in advisory, capital markets, balance sheet funding and risk management solutions, and has executed financing transactions ranging from 拢50 million to 拢1 billion+. Featherstone graduated from the University of Durham with a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in business and finance and is a CFA Charterholder. His extensive knowledge and expertise in debt origination for private and public clients will play a significant role in advancing 星空体育app下载鈥檚 end-to-end capital markets services across the UK and Europe.
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With 25 years of experience, Foster has a comprehensive background in real estate and corporate finance, with expertise extending across an array of sectors and leadership roles in international investment banking, capital markets, M&A and ECM and is well-versed in establishing, leading and managing a multi-disciplinary team that achieves significant transaction value market share. Prior to joining Cantor Fitzgerald Europe, Foster served as the Managing Director and Head of Real Estate, Europe at RBC Capital Markets, where he originated and executed M&A, ECM, private capital and DCM transactions directly, alongside product specialists and regional teams (Europe, US, Canada and Australia). In 2022, he ranked fourth in transaction value market share league table. Foster holds a Bachelor of Science degree with Honors and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Building out a platform of world-class professionals, 星空体育app下载鈥檚 unique position in capital markets continues to earn the firm significant assignments over the past year, including representing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as the exclusive financial advisor in the largest loan sale in U.S. history, selling [1]. Additionally, 星空体育app下载 served as the Co-Lead Financial Advisor to Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. on its sale of Simply Self Storage to Public Storage for $2.2 billion and raised $500 million from an institutional investor on behalf of Envision Cold to capitalize a new cold storage operating and development company and acquire cold storage operations and assets to build its network of facilities across North America. As loan advisory and other real estate investment banking services gain importance, 星空体育app下载 is well-positioned to serve clients at the highest caliber.
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The book value of the overall loan portfolio was approximately $60 billion when 星空体育app下载 was retained as an advisor by the FDIC and approximately $53 billion when the Company began marketing the loans. For more information, please see various announcements, press releases, and other information on the FDIC website, including “”, “”, “”, “”, “”, and “”.
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星空体育app下载 Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK), together with its subsidiaries (鈥溞强仗逵齛pp下载鈥�), is a world leader in commercial real estate, seamlessly powering every phase of the property life cycle. 星空体育app下载鈥檚 comprehensive suite of services and products is uniquely tailored to each client, from owners to occupiers, investors to founders, and startups to blue-chip companies. Combining the platform鈥檚 global reach with market intelligence in both established and emerging property markets, 星空体育app下载 provides superior service to clients across the industry spectrum. For the year ending December 31, 2022, 星空体育app下载 generated revenues of approximately $2.7 billion. As of September 30, 2023, 星空体育app下载鈥檚 company-owned offices, together with its business partners, operate from approximately 170 offices with 7,400 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit nmrk.com or follow .
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