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2008 senior partners<br />
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a leading international law<br />
firm with over 2,500 lawyers in 26 offices around the world.<br />
Our European real estate network provides an integrated<br />
service to clients working in all aspects of commercial real<br />
estate across Europe.<br />
Chris Morris<br />
chris.morris@freshfields.com<br />
Tel +44 20 7832 7494<br />
Johannes Conradi<br />
johannes.conradi@freshfields.com<br />
Tel +49 40 36 90 61 67<br />
The Whitehall Funds invest proprietary capital in real estate<br />
opportunities worldwide. Whitehall has raised approximately<br />
$24 billion in equity worldwide and closed its most recent fund<br />
in November 2007. Through December 31, 2007, Whitehall has<br />
investments of $164 billion in total cost across 32 countries<br />
including U.S., Canada, U.K., France, Italy, Germany, Sweden,<br />
Spain, Japan, Thailand, China and Singapore.<br />
Edward Siskind<br />
ed.siskind@gs.com<br />
Tel +44.20 7774 4175<br />
GPT Halverton is a fund and asset management company<br />
offering investors access to the European real estate<br />
markets. Established in September 2004, GPT Halverton is<br />
headquartered in the UK and operates in seven countries across<br />
Europe. With total AUM of €2.2 billion, the company manages<br />
six funds across Europe in the industrial, office and retail sectors<br />
and employs more than 165 staff in eleven offices.<br />
Richard Croft<br />
richard.croft@gpthalverton.com<br />
Tel +44 (0)207 634 4000<br />
RREEF Alternative Investments is the global alternative investment<br />
management business of Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management<br />
division. RREEF Alternative Investments consists of three businesses:<br />
<strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong>, Infrastructure and Private Equity. Headquartered in<br />
New York, RREEF Alternative Investments employs more than 1,400<br />
investment professionals in 18 cities around the world to help investors<br />
meet a wide range of objectives – from diversification, to preservation<br />
of capital, to long-term performance. Named the world’s largest<br />
alternative investments manager in <strong>Global</strong> Investor/Watson Wyatt’s<br />
Alternatives Survey, June 2007, RREEF has €55.6 billion in assets under<br />
management worldwide as of 31 March 2008.<br />
Jon R Thompson<br />
tel + 44. 207545 0206<br />
jon.thompson@rreef.com<br />
SEB Asset Management is the specialist real estate and<br />
securities investment house of the SEB Group, one of Northern<br />
Europe’s leading financial services providers. SEB Asset<br />
Management combines international expertise with local<br />
knowledge. Its investment strategy features active management<br />
in small, specialist investment teams. With its integrated<br />
European network of around 600 employees and approximately<br />
EUR 112 billion in assets under management, SEB offers<br />
extensive expertise in key asset classes.<br />
Barbara Knoflach<br />
barbara.knoflach@SEBAM.de<br />
Tel +49 69 27299 1501<br />
TriGranit has emerged as the third largest property developer in<br />
Europe. The company has so far completed projects with a total<br />
value of Euro 2 billion. TriGranit is currently working on some 30<br />
developments across 11 countries with a total planned investment<br />
of Euro 8,5 billion. After having successfully completed projects in<br />
Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, the company has now widened its<br />
focus to include Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro,<br />
Russia and Ukraine.<br />
Simon Bayley<br />
sbayley@trigranit.com<br />
Tel +36 1 374 5610<br />
Tracing its roots to the United Kingdom, Willbrook Management<br />
International is an international corporation offering the full range<br />
of professional estate services tailored for outstanding individuals<br />
and companies. The company has lately focused on capitalizing on<br />
opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe.<br />
Willbrook pioneers the “luxury”, “glamour” and “green architecture”<br />
concepts on the residential and office building markets in Romania,<br />
Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia, Georgia, Bulgaria and Turkey.<br />
Daiana Voicu<br />
daianav@willbrook.ro<br />
Tel +40 21 231 7430<br />
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Please contact<br />
Henri Alster<br />
Chairman, GRI<br />
henri.alster@globalrealestate.org<br />
Tel +44 208 445 6600