CBRE appoints Emily Fitzgerald to lead Transaction Advisory within EMEA Loan Services team
CBRE Capital Advisors has today announced the appointment of Emily Fitzgerald as a Senior Director and Head of Transaction Advisory in its EMEA Loan Servicing team.
Emily joins from Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG in London where she was a Director in the Global Workout team, specialising in the execution of global loan workout strategies to maximise loan recoveries. She also specialised in Underwriting, including commercial mortgage loan structuring, credit analysis and deal execution. She has over 15 years’ experience in pan-European and US structured finance and is a Board Member of the Association of Property Lenders (APL). Her team was responsible for AUM in excess of £200m and was involved in more than £12bn of transactions in the UK, USA and Europe.
In her new role, she will lead the Transaction Advisory team within Loan Services, responsible for leading the Special Situations team, CMBS and NPL Special Servicing across EMEA, whilst supporting overall client and business development of the group.
CBRE globally manages over $300bn of commercial real estate debt while in EMEA, CBRE’s Loan Servicing team has over £55bn of AUM and manages 675 loans across Europe. In 2021, the team onboarded £15.6bn of new loans in Europe.
Emily’s wealth of experience in Loan Servicing and Underwriting, coupled with her extensive network of contacts will be a valuable addition as we continue to expand our Loan Services business. We are expecting another year of heightened activity in 2022 and are delighted to welcome Emily into the team as we aim to build on the positive growth and momentum we saw throughout 2021.
