Firm leverages proven EMEA success to accelerate growth across APAC.
JLL has expanded Brad Greenway’s role to include oversight of Debt and Structured Finance for Asia Pacific (APAC), effective January 1, 2026. Brad will continue in his current role as Co-Head of Debt and Structured Finance for EMEA alongside Edward Daubeney, whose role remains unchanged. Brad joined JLL in 2019 via the merger with HFF and will remain based in London.
The expanded role reflects JLL’s commitment to replicating its market-leading debt and structured finance advisory success across key global markets. Over the last five years, JLL has established itself as a leading debt advisor in EMEA, building on the firm’s position as the world’s pre-eminent debt and structured finance advisor with $81.7 billion in closed global debt volume in 2024, two times the second most active debt and structured finance advisor.
EMEA Success Foundation
JLL’s EMEA debt business has achieved substantial growth, with strategic expansion across Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Helsinki, London, Madrid and Stockholm, with target further expansion into Paris, Dubai, Milan and Riyadh. The team has successfully closed financings in 20 European countries as well as the DIFC in Dubai, working with over 155 different capital sources across Europe.
In 2025, notable financings include a €450MM acquisition loan for OneIM and Orange Capital Partner’s acquisition of 6,700 build-to-rent units in Germany, a €700MM refinancing of Brookfield’s Irish mixed-use platform, Hibernia, and a £350MM refinancing of CPPIB and Hermes life science campus, Milton Park.
“Brad’s proven track record in building and scaling our debt advisory capabilities across EMEA makes him ideally positioned to provide strategic oversight and accelerate our growth ambitions in APAC,” said Stuart Crow, CEO of Capital Markets, Asia Pacific, JLL. “His strategic vision, execution capabilities and key institutional relationships with the largest global real estate owners will be instrumental in establishing JLL as the premier debt and structured finance platform across the Asia Pacific region.”
APAC Growth Strategy
Under Brad’s expanded oversight, JLL’s APAC debt and structured finance team will continue to grow across offices in Hong Kong, Mumbai, Singapore, Seoul and now Sydney. The recent acquisition of Ocian, a specialist real estate debt advisory firm, significantly strengthens JLL’s capabilities in Australia’s $75 billion commercial real estate debt market, with co-founders Danny Kent and Darren O’Hanlon joining to spearhead growth across Australia and New Zealand. Earlier in the year, the firm hired CY Chew and Jen Smirnova as Executive Director and Director, respectively, to be based in the firm’s Singapore office to bolster the team’s debt and structured finance coverage across APAC.
The team provides comprehensive financing solutions including acquisition financing, development financing, portfolio financing, bridge loans, mezzanine debt, and preferred equity across all major asset classes, leveraging access to over 250 global lenders.
Paul Brindley, who has successfully laid the foundations of the APAC debt business over the past four years, building strong client relationships and establishing key market presence across the region, will now return to co-lead JLL’s Capital Markets Los Angeles office, leveraging his 28-year global real estate finance experience and recent Asian capital relationships to strengthen the West Coast market.
“JLL’s combination of market-leading transaction volumes, unparalleled access to global capital and the continued investment and commitment to AI and data is allowing us to provide value-add to our clients better than anyone else,” said Brad Greenway. “Our clients in the APAC region are positioned to benefit from some of the most compelling growth opportunities in global real estate finance, and we’re committed to bringing the same proven value and successful outcomes we’ve delivered across EMEA and the Americas.”
JLL’s APAC debt and structured finance expansion will be further supported by the firm’s enhanced global derivatives advisory capabilities. In 2024, JLL relocated Jim Moore, Global Head of Derivatives Advisory, to London on the back of a volatile interest rate environment. Since Jim’s relocation to London, the global derivatives advisory team has advised on over 3,000 transactions and, in conjunction with the global debt and structured finance team, has created unique solutions through coordination across both teams.
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