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EY establishes Real Estate & Hospitality Advisory Services

EY has established a dedicated Real Estate & Hospitality Advisory team based in Prague covering the Czech Republic and Central Eastern European region. The team will focus on the areas of Corporate Strategic Advisory, Capital Markets, Valuations, Commercial Due Diligence as well as Capital Raising combining traditional property services with business, financial and legal advisory.

Robert Brydone has been appointed as Head of the newly formed team. Robert joins with 14 years of real estate experience, commencing his career in the UK and having spent the last 11 years in the Central Eastern European region working with CBRE and JLL. At JLL, Robert was Head of Valuation & Advisory being responsible for commercial real estate across all sectors. Robert has a diverse real estate background and at EY will be working closely with corporates, developers, investors and banks around the CEE region. Robert is a member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).

Peter Wells, EY’s Head of Transaction Advisory Services in the Czech Republic, says:
“I am pleased to announce Robert´s appointment to lead our newly established Real Estate Advisory Services team. Robert and his colleagues bring tremendous sector experience to EY and we are excited at the opportunity of providing our clients with a full range of real estate solutions.”

Robert Brydone comments, ‘EY has a strong track record in real estate developed through its depth of service lines. The team is strengthened by experienced real estate professionals with diverse backgrounds which allows us to offer our clients advice across all sectors including hospitality, retail, office, logistics and manufacturing.’

Robert is joined by his colleagues Jakub Stanislav and David Esner.

Jakub Stanislav joins as Senior Manager. Before joining EY, Jakub worked at Cushman and Wakefield in their Continental Europe Hospitality team focusing on appraisal services, debt advisory, capital markets and transactions. Prior to this, Jakub worked in the commercial valuations team of JLL based in Prague and at an investment group based in Switzerland. During his career, Jakub has worked on projects in 15 different countries across EMEA. He graduated at Heriot-Watt University and he is a member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).

David Esner joins as Senior Consultant and brings over 10 years of real estate experience in tenant representation and investment. David joins from CPI where he spent 2 years as Asset Manager. Prior to this, David worked at Knight Frank and Cushman & Wakefield focusing on Tenant Representation. David Graduated from Czech Technical University in Prague with specialization in Architecture.

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