Real estate advisor CBRE has hired former C&W directors Irina Ushakova and Elena Podlesnykh to strengthen its Russian capital markets team.

Real estate advisor CBRE has hired former C&W directors Irina Ushakova and Elena Podlesnykh to strengthen its Russian capital markets team.

Ushakova joins as head of capital markets, Russia. Previously head of capital markets, Russia & CIS at C&W, Ushakova recently advised on $800 mln worth of transactions including the sale of Pokrovsky Hills, an elite residential development managed by Hines, and BIN Group’s acquisition of PNK Checkov 1 Logistics Park.

Prior to this, she spent eight years at JLL, in senior roles within its capital markets and hotels advisory teams in Moscow.

Elena Podlesnykh joins as director, capital markets, Russia. Prior to C&W, she worked in senior positions in large Russian and international corporations, such as JLL Capital Markets for five years, VEB and Rosbank.