Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Kevin M. Davis named JLL Americas CEO, Hotels & Hospitality

 

Kevin M. Davis

NEW YORK, NY JLL announced today that Senior Managing Director Kevin M. Davis has been named Americas CEO of its Hotels & Hospitality division.

Davis, who leads JLL’s Hotel Investment Banking group, brings over 20 years of hospitality and capital markets experience to the role. Since joining JLL in 2013, he has been involved in more than $20 billion of hotel debt and equity financings.

Gilda Perez-Alvarado

 With a deep background in capital markets, he spent 13 years prior to JLL working in the commercial real estate groups at Merrill Lynch and UBS, in addition to co-founding a debt fund business following the Financial Crisis.

 In these prior roles, he executed over $10 billion of transactions in hospitality, multi-housing, retail, office and industrial assets.

Previously, he worked as an attorney on Capitol Hill, where he served as a policy advisor to members of the House and Senate Banking Committees. 

Widely recognized in the hospitality industry, Kevin Davis won the 2019 Jack A. Shaffer Financial Advisor of the Year Award at the American Lodging Investment Summit, which honors industry leaders that showcase outstanding ability to foster client relationships and close deals that benefit both parties in a transaction.

Mark D. Gibson

This appointment underscores the growing importance to JLL of its Capital Markets business and reinforces JLL’s commitment to be the world’s most strategic, creative and connected real estate capital advisor.

“Having the ability to think holistically about a situation and provide advice that contemplates all potential paths to maximize value for our clients is key to maintaining our competitive advantage," said Hotels & Hospitality Global CEO Gilda Perez-Alvarado.

"Kevin brings a deep understanding of the entire capital structure and has been involved in every aspect of our business, including sales, financings, joint venture equity placement, restructurings, recapitalizations, loan sales and UCC foreclosures.”

 “In a world where real estate investment is becoming more complex and lines are being blurred across asset classes, we recognize the importance of having a broader Capital Markets product offering for our hospitality clients,” added Capital Markets Americas CEO Mark Gibson.

Jeffrey Davis

Furthermore, to support the group’s national growth strategy, Jeffrey Davis, a Senior Managing Director, will now, in addition to his current role as Co-Head of U.S. Investment Sales Advisory, oversee new business development for Hotels & Hospitality in the U.S., with a particular focus on deepening engagement and connectivity with our largest institutional clients.

 “Jeff is one of the best-known and well-respected transaction advisors in the U.S. His track record in developing client relationships, closing deals and his  knowledge across all of the services offered on our national platform make him the perfect fit to grow all aspects of JLL’s new business development in the U.S.” added Perez-Alvarado.

 

CONTACT:

 

  Kristen Murphy

 JLL Senior Manager

 Public Relations

Phone: +1 617 848 1572

Email:  Kristen.Murphy@am.jll.com

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