Appointment to Advisory Board
24 July 2012
Revetas Capital Advisors LLP ("Revetas"), a specialist real estate investment advisor focused on restructuring opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), announces the appointment of Markus Leininger to its Advisory Board.
With offices in Vienna, Bucharest, Bratislava and London, Revetas announced a strategic relationship with Patron Capital Partners, a leading real estate asset management firm, which will enable it to invest up to Euro100m in distressed real estate opportunities within the CEE region.
Mr Leininger joins Revetas with immediate effect. In addition to serving on the Advisory Board, Mr Leininger will be closely involved in Revetas's deal negotiations, banking relationships and refinancing activities across the CEE region.
Mr Leininger has 15 years experience in CEE real estate financing and was most recently Head of Central & Eastern Europe at EuroHypo AG, a commercial real estate financing specialist and subsidiary of Commerzbank AG, the German banking giant. He started his career at Rheinhyp AG in Frankfurt (a Commerzbank AG subsidiary) where he built the banks US investor base for investment in CEE, and subsequently became Head of Eastern Europe Operations. A multi-lingual, economics graduate, Mr Leininger has undertaken major real estate financing projects originating and underwriting over Euro10bn of lending.
Announcing the appointment, Eric Assimakopoulos, Managing Partner of Revetas, said, "We are delighted Markus has joined Revetas. His significant experience - a combination of banking, real estate knowledge and deal structuring - together with his excellent relationships with investors and banks in our target markets further reinforces our strong team."
"Markus was one of the key bankers in central Europe and has an in depth knowledge of the market and the investors, financial institutions, and assets that have traded over the years. He is a key addition to our team and validates our strategy and our proprietary platform which supports banks, investors and local owners in the restructuring, recapitalisation and deleveraging of debt whilst providing much needed liquidity to the market."
Markus Leininger commented on his appointment, "I believe the Revetas platform is unique in its approach because it addresses the needs of banks as well as investors to support current market conditions in CEE. Mr Assimakopoulos has been a well respected operator in the market for almost ten years and I am pleased to join and support him and the experienced management team."
