Winners & Losers

Charles has worked on a number of large acquisition projects for a selection of major retailers and online retailers, such as ASOS, Morrisons, Screwfix /B&Q, The White Company and House of Fraser. He has specialised in industrial and logistics property since 1991, working with occupiers, landlords and developers. In 2003, after 16 years at Fuller Peiser, Charles set up C2G Property Solutions Ltd a niche practice focusing on the large logistics market. In 2006, Knight Frank acquired C2G Property Solutions Ltd and Charles has since led our National Logistics & Industrial agency business, operating across the UK &internationally, with responsibility for the co-ordination of Knight Frank’s Global Logistics & Industrial agency activities.

Mark is a founder Caisson iO and a member of the Executive Management Board, responsible for the strategic direction of the business. On a day-to-day basis he is responsible for the Asset Management Team and implementation of property business plans. Since1993 Mark has worked exclusively in the Last Mile Logistic and MLI sector including as Director of European Asset Management at The iO Group (now Cromwell Property Group) responsible for €3.5bn assets across multiple European countries Mark has over 25 years’ establishing the first pan-European asset management platform to service the first cross-border institutional investor, multi-let industrial funds, totalling €3.5bn. He has experience in running diverse teams of skills and personalities as well as the operational resources and requirements that go hand-in-hand with this. He is a qualified Chartered Surveyor, educated to Masters level in International Property Development & Management. Mark has grown up in the property industry, experiencing all aspects from hands-on construction through to institutional fund management. He is fascinated by human trends and what type of demands this will create in real estate.

Over 20 years in senior public and private sector roles, including leading the strategic planning of large-scale projects at Highways England.

Paul is a corporate real estate partner and has extensive experience of portfolio acquisitions or disposals through group company structures often involving multiple jurisdictions; joint ventures including all forms of joint venture vehicles from private companies to all types of partnerships, LLPs and unit trusts and other unincorporated associations; SPV sales and purchases (for example to effect SDLT mitigation schemes); Jersey Property Unit Trusts (JPUTs); sale and leaseback structures; property and asset management agreements and shareholder disputes.