CBRE hires Petr Svoboda to head up new Debt & Structured Finance Team in CEE
26.01.2015Company: Amcham
CBRE, the leading commercial real estate advisor, has hired Petr Svoboda to head up its new Debt & Structured Finance team for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
As head of Debt & Structured Finance for the region, Mr. Svoboda will advise CBRE’s clients on all aspects of debt financing for real estate projects, including senior, junior, mezzanine or bridging finance. He joins from Komerční banka (SG group) where he worked for six years in the Real Estate Finance team in Prague. He was responsible for the key commercial projects across all real estate sectors including the 2nd biggest ever transaction on the Czech market VGP industrial portfolios acquired by PointPark Properties (TPG/Ivanhoé Cambridge) and development of the most significant office building in central Prague; Florentinum developed by PENTA. Prior to that he spent four years at the Bank of Ireland in Dublin.
Jeff Alson, Head of Capital Markets CBRE Czech Republic, commented:
“We are delighted that Petr has joined to head up our new Debt & Structured Finance team. Over the last few years the European debt market has altered significantly, with the emergence of new lenders and a shift in the types of real estate property transactions being undertaken. We grew our Debt & Structured Finance team in the UK and Western Europe significantly in response to these changes, and have arranged over €2.5 billion in commercial property loan finance, for clients of all sizes, since 2010. We are now beginning to experience similar changes in Central and Eastern Europe, therefore expanding our real estate financing offer to ensure we meet all our clients’ needs was the next logical step in our growth strategy.”
Petr Svoboda joined CBRE on 1 January 2015 and is based in its Prague office but is available for clients and CBRE offices across CEE region.
