Savills has further strengthened its leading global capital markets platform with four senior hires in the UK, EMEA and Asia-Pacific:
- David Kellett as Head of Hotel Capital Markets, EMEA
- Maximilian Jedlicki as Head of Corporate Finance - Northern and Central Europe
- Julen Souto as National Director, Corporate Finance, Spain
- Angelia Lim as Chairwoman of Savills Capital Advisors, Asia Pacific
David Kellett joined on 1 September as head of Savills Hotel Capital Markets team in EMEA. He is based at the company’s Margaret Street headquarters in London, as part of Savills market-leading Operational Capital Markets division. David has 26 years’ industry experience including the last 12 years on the principal side at Invesco and IHG. He previously worked in investment banking and corporate finance advisory.
Maximilian Jedlicki, who joins with immediate effect, has been appointed as Head of Corporate Finance - Northern and Central Europe, and will be based in Frankfurt and London. He joins from Eastdil Secured, where he was a director. He has significant experience in investment banking and M&A activity across all real estate sectors, and will join Savills Capital Advisors, led by Joe Guilfoyle and Andrew McMurdo, working closely with Savills Capital Markets teams in Germany, led by Karsten Nemecek and Savills European Operational Capital Markets team, led by Marcus Roberts.
Over the summer, Savills hired Julen Souto as national director of corporate finance at Savills Spain, based at the company’s Madrid office. With experience at EY, Alantra, and PwC he boosts the real estate advisor’s corporate finance and debt advisory business, working closely with Savills Capital Advisors teams, adding to growth objectives in Europe.
Angelia Lim has been appointed as Chairwoman of Savills Capital Advisors, APAC, based in Savills Singapore office. She previously worked at LaSalle Investment Management where she was one of the founders of LaSalle’s Asia Pacific business. She served as LaSalle’s Asia Pacific Chief Financial Officer from 2002 to 2024, and Singapore Chief Executive Officer from 2014 to 2024. She has originated, restructured, and refinanced USD25 billion of debt in Asia, and successfully grew LaSalle’s Asia Pacific fund management business to USD17bn in assets under management (as of 2024).
Recent deals Savills has advised on include advising AustralianSuper on the acquisition of a 50% interest in an €840m pan-European logistics platform owned by Oxford Properties Group, advising Tristan Capital Partners on the acquisition of easyHotel Group for over €400m, and providing commercial due diligence and ESG advisory to Nido Living for the €1.2bn acquisition of the Spanish Livensa portfolio from Brookfield.
Peter Allen, Executive Director, Head of Savills Operational Capital Markets, says: “We have hired some of the most respected real estate advisors with fantastic track records. Their insights and expertise will be extremely valuable as we continue to expand our services.”