gri europe summitDr Johannes Conradipartnerfreshfields bruckhaus deringerjohannes.conradi@freshfields.comtel +49.40 36 9060matthew cosanscorporate partnerfreshfields bruckhaus deringermatthew.cosans@freshfields.comtel +44.20 7936 4000international law firm - leading Europeanreal estate practice - cross-bordertransactions - industry recognisedleaders - REITs specialistsinternational law firm - leading Europeanreal estate practice - cross-bordertransactions - industry recognisedleaders - REITs specialistsJohannes Conradi is a partner in the firm’s Hamburg office. He is amember of our real estate practice group and specialises in advisingdomestic and international investors, real estate developers, financialinstitutions and public sector clients on all aspects of real estatetransactions, project developments and real estate finance. Johannesis dually qualified as a German Rechtsanwalt and as a solicitor inEngland and Wales.Cosans, who is based in London, specialises in mergers andacquisitions, joint ventures, and international and domestic securitiesofferings. His work has included advising: C3D Transport, asubsidiary of the French national savings trust, on its bid for Go-Ahead; Finning International on its bid for Hewden Stuart; Prudentialon its bid for M&G Group; UBS on its multi-jurisdictional acquisition of<strong>Global</strong> Asset Management; Whitbread on its acquisition of the pubsand bars estate of Allied Domecq; Zurich Financial Services on thesale of Threadneedle Asset Management to Scudder InvestmentsHoldings; and Zurich Financial Services on its proposed joint venturewith Bank of Scotland. Born in 1960, Matthew was educated atGonville & Caius College.richard croftceogpt halvertonrichard.croft@gpthalverton.comtel +44.20 7743 9000Terenzio Cugia diSant’Orsolaceo beni stabili gestioni sgrterenzio.cugia@benistabiligestioni.itFund and asset managementPan European real estateAUM 1.65 billionIndustrial, office and retail sectorsRichard is the Chief Executive of GPT Halverton, formerly Halverton<strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Investment Management Limited, which was establishedin <strong>September</strong> 2004 with Richard as a founding partner. From 1999to 2004, Richard was the International Investment Director of iOGresponsible for setting up iOG’s international infrastructure, includingseveral European offices. Prior to that, Richard worked with AXAREIM in the creation of the European Industrial Partnership, and withJones Lang LaSalle and Citigroup in the establishment of EuroIndHigh Income Fund (Euro HI) and iBERIND respectively. These threefunds had a combined investment capacity of Euro 1.2 billion. At GPTHalverton, Richard has overseen transactions totalling over Euro 1billion and the creation of HBI with Babcock & Brown & CIPT.Terenzio Cugia di Sant’Orsola has taken on the role of CEO of BeniStabili Gestioni SpA, a leading Italian <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Fund Managementcompany, in April 2006. He has 17 years experience in investmentbanking (Lehman Brothers and Deutsche Bank), 7 of which in thereal estate sector. Previously, he was Executive Director, <strong>Global</strong><strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> of Lehman Brothers, where over the last seven years heclosed transactions worth over Euro <strong>10</strong> bn in the Italian market. BeniStabili 0gestioni currently manages Euro 1.3 bn of assets through sixfunds, both institutional and retail.Christopher (“Chris”) Curtisprincipaleuropa capitalccurtis@europacapital.comtel +33.1 5689 0550hermann t dambachmanaging directoroaktree gmbhhdambach@oaktreecap.comtel +49.69 7593 8530Europa Capital is an independent realestate investment management groupoperating throughout EuropeCo founder and Principal of Europa Capital LP and responsible foracquisitions by the Europa Funds in Southern Europe and for theasset management of the investments acquired. Started his careerat Richard Ellis in London. Moved to Mackenzie Hill as MD of itsFar East subsidiaries. Spent 6 years in Venezuela originating jointventures in South America. In 1981, he became Managing Directorof Ariel International BV investing in France, Germany, Holland andMonaco. In 1986, he became a European Investment partner withLondon & Edinburgh Trust plc. This company was sold in 1990 andhe subsequently became the French operating partner for PacificInvestments. In 1996, he became Investment Director the AIG FrenchProperty Fund.Since 2004, Hermann T. Dambach is the head of Oaktree GmbH andhas led various distressed, private equity and real estate investments.Prior to joining Oaktree, he served as an Executive Director in theFinancial Sponsors department of Morgan Stanley in Frankfurt.Before that, he spent four years at Credit Suisse First Boston in the<strong>Global</strong> Energy Group in New York. Prior experience includes nine yearswith Chase Manhattan Bank AG and four years with SüdwestdeutscheLandesbank. Hermann T. Dambach holds degrees in BusinessAdministration for Banking & Management (Diplom Bankbetriebswirt)from Bankakademie Frankfurt e.V. and from Sparkassenakademie inRastatt (Diplom Sparkassenbetriebswirt).
creatorsmarianne de battistihead of international & communicationsicademarianne.debattisti@icade.frtel +33.1 46 94 42 01Marc de Chasseydirectorjer partnersmarc.dechassey@jer.comtel +44.20 7518 4350Directeur de l’international d’ICADE membre du comité de direction d’Icade,a été nommée directeur de l’international d’Icade, en sus de ses fonctionsactuelles de directeur de la communication et de présidente d’Icade Pierrepour Tous. De formation initiale IEP et Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussée,Marianne de Battisti, a développé une carrière opérationnelle chez Icade oùelle a successivement occupé des postes de directeur du développement àLyon, puis de directeur d’agences à Grenoble et Rouen. Elle a parallèlementexercé les responsabilités de directeur de plusieurs sociétés immobilièresd’économie mixte. En 2001, elle prend le poste de directeur général d’IcadeCités (filiale spécialisée dans l’économie mixte immobilière, l’ingénierieurbaine, les partenariats public-privé / 150 collaborateurs sur l’ensembledu territoire).Marc joined JER in 1999 and is responsible for acquisitions in France,Switzerland, Iberia and hotel transactions across Europe. Prior tojoining JER’s London office in 2000, he was involved in acquisitionsand asset management in the United States. Marc is a member ofthe European Investment Committee. Marc received a Master inInternational Affairs from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de <strong>Paris</strong>(Sciences Po) and a Master in Foreign Service with a major inBusiness and Finance from Georgetown University. Marc is a Frenchnational and also speaks English, German, Portuguese andSpanish.christophe g de taurinesmanaging directorcapital and marketing groupchristophe@capitalandmarketing.comtel +44.20 7290 7890Patrick Debodepresidentarchon grouppatrick.debode@archongroup.frtel + 33 1 49 70 30 00Capital and Marketing Group is a placement agency focused onalternative investments, with offices in London, Berlin, Guernseyand Tokyo. Since it was established in 2002, Capital and Marketingacted for its clients on over Euro 14.0 billion of equity and over 20funds raised. Mr. de Taurines was previously European Head of the<strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Private Funds Group of DLJ, Managing Director of LaSalleInvestment Management, and held senior positions at Citibank andCredit Commercial de France. Mr. de Taurines holds an MBA from theLondon Business School and a BA in Economics and Business fromthe George Washington University. He is a member of the UrbanLand <strong>Institute</strong> and the <strong>Institute</strong> of Directors.Patrick Debode est Président d’Archon Group France, société d’AssetManagement du groupe Goldman Sachs. Archon Group contribuedepuis sa création à l’analyse et la gestion des portefeuillesimmobiliers acquis par Whitehall en Europe et plus particulièrementsur les marché français, italiens et allemands. Patrick Debode estissu du milieu bancaire.Peter Dentonmanaging directorbarclays capitalpeter.denton@barcap.comtelHans Diekmannpartnershearman & sterlinghdiekmann@shearman.comM&A l Corporate l Capital MarketsPrivate Equity l Tax l AntitrustArbitration/Litigation l Bank FinanceAsset ManagementPeter Denton is a Managing Director in the European <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong>Finance Group at Barclays Capital. Peter focuses on loan originationthroughout Europe and in particular seeks to support the needs ofmany cross border investors. Until May 2007 Peter was co-headof European Debt Capital Markets Origination at Eurohypo wherehe managed the origination, structuring and execution of manyof Eurohypo’s complex real estate related financings throughoutWestern Europe.In 1999, Dr. Hans Diekmann started as a partner at Shearman &Sterling. Before that, he spent more than seven years at the centrallegal department of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt/Main. Dr. Diekmannfocuses on the areas of Corporate Law, Capital Markets andRegulatory Law. After having passed his banking training in 1982, hegraduated in legal studies from Westfälische Wilhelms-University inMünster/Westf. and in <strong>Paris</strong>, Doktor jur. 1990. Since 1993, he firstwas admitted to bar in Frankfurt, since 2001 he is admitted to bar inDüsseldorf. Dr. Hans Diekmann is author of numerous publicationson Corporate Law and Capital Markets.