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Thomas J. Phillips is the Real Estate Chair and a partner at Brown Rudnick LLP, a full-service international law firm of 250 attorneys with offices in Boston, Hartford, London, New York City, Orange County, Paris, Providence, and Washington. With over 30 years’ experience, Tom represents leading global and national retailers and property owners in a variety of leasing, development and other transactions involving retail, hospitality and other commercial properties throughout the US.1 Articles
Otto Ambagtsheer has been VIA Outlets’ CEO since April 2019, having joined the company as Chief Operating Officer in September 2018. Previous experience includes working as Managing Director at Unibail-Rodamco- Westfield for Benelux and as Managing Director Consumer Products & Services within Schiphol Group. Prior to these roles, he worked as Director of Real Estate Development at Schiphol Real Estate. Otto is a graduate of London Business School and holds a Law Degree from Radboud University of Nijmegen.1 Articles
Jorge Lizan is the Founder and Managing Director of Lizan Retail Advisors (LRA) the leading global retail real estate advisory firm. LRA helps Retail companies expand internationally, through Market Strategy, Development Advisory, Partner Sourcing, and Tenant Representation. Jorge has extensive experience in the shopping center industry and has helped retail companies develop their businesses internationally for almost 20 years.1 Articles
Norman Cescut is the Founder & CEO of DESITA.1 Articles
The Park Database Analytics is the leading intelligence solution for the attractions industry. Our team provides economic consulting and due diligence services for developers, operators, investors, and governments. Our free, public-facing database tool is available at www.theparkdb.com1 Articles
Chief Executive Officer of Champion REIT. Ada is the Chief Executive Officer of Champion Real Estate Investment Trust, spearheading the team to seek growth opportunities, formulate acquisition and investment strategies and monitor the capital structure of the Trust. She has more than 15 years’ experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining the Trust, she worked at Citigroup and J.P. Morgan's investment banking division to offer strategic advice to a number of blue chip corporations and Hong Kong real estate companies.1 Articles
Student at Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne Real Estate Investment and Construction Strategies1 Articles
James has been working in the entertainment and leisure sector since 2003 and joined LDP as a Partner in 2012. James has worked across all entertainment and leisure real estate sub groups including all varieties of visitor attractions, various forms of accommodation, stadium and arenas, and large mixed-use developments with multiple land uses. A flavour of recent assignments that James has worked on includes attractions anchored mixed use resort developments in Cyprus and in Cairo, Egypt, a new stadium development in the UK, an individual attraction feasibility study in Jakarta, Indonesia, a specialty attraction in the Netherlands, strategic attractions and tourism studies in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and in Ontario, Canada, and an Economic Impact Assessment of a number of leisure destinations in Sweden.1 Articles
