Capital Insights: Navigating Real Estate Investments In Uncertain Times

Jessica is an Investment Director, based in London, responsible for supporting the UK real estate business and its growth. She joined Schroders in 2012 and was formerly the Fund Manager of the Schroder UK Real Estate Fund until September 2023, prior to that she was Head of UK Retail at Schroders from 2014 to 2017, and was an Investment Manager between 2012 to 2014. She has over 18 years of real estate experience.

Tom is an Investment Director within the Investment Team and is responsible for deal origination across Europe having joined Henley in 2019. Prior to Henley, Tom spent seven years at Catalyst Capital, a pan-European investment fund focused on cross sector real estate. Tom has been involved in transactions totalling in excess of £1bn across all asset classes, including developments and loan to own strategies. Tom holds an MSc in Real Estate Investment from Henley Business School. 12 years experience, with Henley since 2019

Finn heads the investment function at Native Land which he joined in 2018. He is responsible for sourcing and managing equity and debt partnerships across Native Land’s mixed-use development portfolio as well as identifying new land acquisitions in London. Prior to Native Land, Finn spent eight years with the Jardine Matheson Group in Asia where he was the country head of Hongkong Land in the Philippines and oversaw developments in Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Finn graduated from Oxford in 2006 and qualified as a management accountant in 2011.

Jason has extensive experience on real estate ownership structures taking into consideration the tax profile of the investors, the nature of the asset and the investment strategy. He advises his clients throughout all aspects of the real estate ownership lifecycle, from acquisition to exit, looking at UK direct taxes, VAT, stamp taxes, transfer pricing, capital allowances, and international taxes. Jason has a particular focus on UK and pan-European Real Estate M&A and the tax services required by investors in connection with the acquisition of entities owning real estate, including financial and tax due diligence, tax structuring, SPA advice and tax forecasting / modelling. Jason works closely with real estate funds and investment managers and advises them on particular tax issues pertaining to them and their investors. Jason is also a Stamp Taxes specialist and has extensive experience advising clients on matters in relation to SDLT.