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Mikel Echavarren is CEO of Colliers International Spain. He was President and CEO of irea since its foundation in 2002 until March 2018, when irea joined Colliers International. Prior to joining irea, Mikel was a partner in the Spain and Portugal real estate corporate finance division of Arthur Andersen. 

With over 30 years of experience in the real estate sector, he is an expert in strategic planning for real estate groups and in complex mortgage debt portfolio, real estate company and property transactions. He has managed financial restructurings involving over €8,000 million worth of debt belonging to real estate, construction and services companies. 

 

Joan is Managing Partner at Colliers International. He was a founding partner of irea from 2002  and in March  2018 he joined Colliers International. He has extensive knowledge of the residential development market and the Spanish real estate market. He specialises in mortgage loan portfolio transactions, in restructuring bank debt and real estate company mergers and acquisitions.

Joan began his career at Arthur Andersen Barcelona.

Alberto Díaz is Managing Director of the Capital Markets Department at Colliers International. He has more than 15 years of experience and has developed most of his professional career in irea, a company integrated into the current Colliers in 2018 and in which he became Senior Director of the Corporate Finance division.

His experience is focused on real estate assets  and corporate transactions, as well as financing structuring and distressed situations, having advised on transactions for more than 15,000 million euros.

In recent years he has specialised in structuring investment operations in the real estate sector, leading the relationship with international funds and creating alliances between developers and local equity companies and institutional funds.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

2019 HINES  

Associate Director   

Investment & Business Development 

2017 – 2018 CBRE Alternative Investments, Madrid, Spain    

Associate Director 

Conducted the advisory & equity raising of a based international fund -
student accommodation platform for a London event Built Division Business Plan, conducted/involved in the investment analysis of several deals (golf courses portfolio, petrol stations, student housing, elderly-care homes, 

2011 - 2016 AZORA Capital Ltd, Madrid, Spain

Senior Associate

Conducted/Involved in the investment analysis, due diligence and execution of several deals within the real estate investment funds Lazora and Encampus

Managed specific assets and portfolios (66 buildings with more than c. 11,000 units under rent and 33 student halls with more than 8,500 beds) worth c. including the acquisition of a majoritystake in the managing company RESA.

Project financing set up (facility agreements, ...), income statement analysis and optimisation motions Outward participants coordination involved on each project (contractors, technical advisors, master builders, architects, law firms, ...)

2010 – 2011      E&Y, Madrid & London, Spain & UK Assistant Manager

Financial Audit

Managed team of 4 to provide clients with professional Financial Assurance Service (Audit and Financial Reporting) mainly in financial industry (Investment funds, saving banks,  Collaborated with senior management and team members from more than 15 nations in the implementation of a consultancy project for the client Standard Chartered Bank jointly with New York and Dubai E&Y Offices (London Office, May-Aug, 2010)

2009 Banco Santander, Geneva, Switzerland Autumn internship, Private Banking

Contributed to Fixed Income and Structured Products Trading Participated in a rotational program between three areas: trading, portfolio management and private banking (Assistant private banker for Mexican market)

2007 GBS Finanzas Investment Bankers, Madrid, Spain

Summer internship, M&A Boutique Investment Bank

Assisted in the development of mandates and evaluations of Spanish companies. Further enhanced Excel skills in financial analysis and basic modelling of ratios, multiples and growth figures Carried out research on companies, industries and financial markets while using Bloomberg. Prepared company profiles and pitch book elaborations