JLL strengthens NYC Capital Markets platform with addition of Lauren Kaufman

NEW YORK, Mar. 26, 2024 – 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.

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