Award-winning structured finance expert will work with institutional, private clients to execute strategic business goals
JLL Capital Markets announced today that Lauren Kaufman has joined its market-leading New York advisory team co-led by Senior Managing Directors Michael Gigliotti, Christopher Peck and Andrew Scandalios.
Serving as Managing Director, Kaufman will leverage her nearly two decades of experience in commercial real estate finance to work with institutional and private clients to structure and execute financing for their short and long-term business goals across a variety of asset classes, including multifamily, retail, office, industrial and self-storage.
“Lauren is an accomplished capital markets advisor with the deep experience and professionalism that exemplify JLL’s culture,” said Gigliotti. “We are thrilled that she’s chosen to be part of our mission to deliver exceptional service and value-driven results for clients.”
Kaufman joined JLL from Cushman & Wakefield where she was a member of an equity, debt and structured finance team responsible for some of the most significant capital transactions in New York City in recent years. Over the past four years, she has structured and placed over $5 billion of fixed and floating-rate debt with diverse capital sources, including mortgage REITs, commercial and regional banks, insurance companies, pension funds, debt funds and hedge funds.
Before that, Kaufman was a Vice President with Deutsche Bank, working in both syndication and loan originations to provide strategic financings for CMBS and balance sheet execution. She began her real estate career practicing law at Alston & Bird, where she represented a variety of lenders on all types of loan transactions.
Kaufman has a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law and a bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from New York University’s Stern Business School.
“I am excited to become part of JLL’s collaborative and client-focused platform and look forward to working with experts across its global network to devise creative real estate solutions for clients at a pivotal time in the capital markets space,” Kaufman said.
JLL Capital Markets is a full-service global provider of capital solutions for real estate investors and occupiers. The firm’s in-depth local market and global investor Knowledge delivers the best-in-class solutions for clients — whether investment sales and advisory, debt advisory, equity advisory or recapitalization. The firm has more than 3,000 Capital Markets specialists worldwide with offices in nearly 50 countries.
About JLL
For over 200 years, JLL (NYSE: JLL), a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company, has helped clients buy, build, occupy, manage and invest in a variety of commercial, industrial, hotel, residential and retail properties. A Fortune 500® company with annual revenue of $ 20.8 billion and operations in over 80 countries around the world, our more than 106,000 employees bring the power of a global platform combined with local expertise. Driven by our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our clients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAYSM. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit jll.com.
