Finding Value In A Resilient Asset Class

Victoria Turnbull is the Joint Managing Director of Opus Land, a leading Property Investment company with offices within the West Midlands and London. Founded in 1999 and part owned and funded by Fiera Real Estate. , the company has an established track record in delivering added-value solutions for real estate. The company has extensive experience of working in partnership with landowners, investors and occupiers with assets under management approaching 3 million sq ft. Previously Victoria was based in London where she worked as an Associate Director for Fiera Real Estate, a Real Estate Fund Manager and Venture Capital backer of companies with a focus on opportunistic real estate investment. Before that, she was a Senior Surveyor at King Sturge (now Jones Lang La Salle) in London where she specialised in commercial investment and business recovery. Victoria holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Real Estate Management from The University of Reading and is a chartered member of RICS and CFA. She has a breadth of experience with over 15 years in the property industry dealing with direct and indirect property investment, development and asset management. She has an appreciation of the challenges and opportunities facing the Midlands and is uniquely placed to view these alongside her experience in the London market.

PETER EPPING joined Hines in Germany in 2001 and serves as the Fund Manager of the Hines Pan- European Core Fund (HECF) running the vehicle, including setting portfolio strategy and overseeing key functions including acquisitions as well as fund raising activities. Mr. Epping also oversees the management for three separate accounts, a trophy asset mandate targeting investments in Europe, a European high street retail value-add mandate, each backed by German pension funds as well as a super core vehicle for a French investor. He holds a degree of economics/business administration from University of Mannheim (Diplom-Kaufmann) and an MBA from Union College in Schenectady, New York.

I focus on businesses that need commercial agreements written to a very high standard whilst keeping negotiations within budget and on time. My experience stretches over 30 years, covering a range of business sectors and a mosaic of corporate clients. I believe that good legal documents focus on the outcome. Although a lawyer's work is often completed when a contract is signed, this is just the start of the business which each agreement records. The capacity to look ahead and prepare for the future relationship is paramount and I strive to complete the negotiation of agreements so that my clients have a strong contractual platform from which to realise the return on investment driving their commercial goals and objectives.

Richard is an expert in real estate development, funding and investment, having acted for a variety of institutional and private clients on mixed-use, logistics, retail and leisure, and office schemes.