Cushman & Wakefield has scored a major coup by recruiting seven partners from Catella Corporate Finance in Sweden to bolster its capital markets presence in Sweden and the Nordic region.
Cushman & Wakefield has scored a major coup by recruiting seven partners from Catella Corporate Finance in Sweden to bolster its capital markets presence in Sweden and the Nordic region.
No other property adviser has taken over such a large capital markets team in Europe for some time.
Catella's directors Anders Nordvall, Thomas Persson, Niklas Zuckerman, Per Hagman, Daniel Anderbring, Ola Jacobsson and Erik Dansbo will join the C&W business at partner-level.
Nordvall will become the CEO of Cushman Wakefield in Sweden. The current Swedish CEO, Magnus Lange, will remain in post until the end of the year.
The team will work closely with Jan-Willem Bastijn, C&W's head of EMEA capital markets and Koen Nevens, the business’ Benelux and Sweden chairman.
C&W's international CEO, Carlo Barel di Sant’Albano, said: 'Momentum continues to build as investor confidence firmly returns to the European and global markets, with gateway cities being progressively more important in attracting capital into Europe. These new hires will transform our capital markets capability in Sweden and propel us into a position where we are a major player in the country for real estate investment advice.'
C&W's coup in Sweden follows the recent hire of James Beckham from JLL to lead C&W's capital markets team in London.
C&W's EMEA capital markets team transacted and advised on more than €26 bn of real estate deals last year.