The Capital Markets team of Cushman& Wakefield Polska consists of 12 experienced experts and is divided into: a) transaction services focused on sale or purchase advisory of retail, office and logistic assets and b) debt advisory services focused on arranging debt, fund advisory, debt management and restructuring services. The debt advisory team is focused on Poland but due to experience it covers also CEE region.
Name of company
Cushman & Wakefield
Department head or senior representative in Poland, real estate
Mira Kantor-Pikus, Head of Equity Debt & Structured Finance, Capital Markets
DEPARTMENT HEAD OR SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE PROFILE
Mira Kantor-Pikus is a Partner at Cushman & Wakefield responsible for strategic advisory within Capital Markets Group focused on debt arranging, feasibility study of development projects, equity raising, debt management, restructuring and support in creation fund structures. She has over 20 years of professional experience in banking, financing and investment sector, including real estate and corporate financing.
Major projects on the real estate market between October 2016 and September 2017
Debt management - 4 debt facilities for portfolio of assets with MV of EUR 80M in different banks granted to 4 SPVs of USS Pension Fund
Structured finance advisory - structuring exit from financial lease of retail property backed by operating lease by replacing financial lease by long term investment loan
Debt advisory - support of investment fund acquiring portfolio of retail assets in arranging debt, seeking debt for new entering investment fund looking for purchase of prime office property in Warsaw and Kraków, the debt amount shall be over EUR 100M
Restructuring - support the owner of non performing retail park in discussions with the Lender after preparation initial due diligence about the restructuring steps which will increase the cash flow and the value
Fund advisory - workshops, preparation investment strategy and financial model
Support of sales/buy side mandate - debt support of the transaction part of Capital Markets team
Total value of transactions on the real estate market the company participated between October 2016 and September 2017 (in EUR)
c. EUR 300m
Please say why your team should be considered for the award
Our Capital markets Team with part focused on debt, fund and structured finance offers unique services for clients connected with debt advisory and debt management.
