Deloitte at Expo Real

Michael Müller is responsible for and manages Deloitte's nationwide activities in Industry Real Estate. He is the Deloitte Global ESG Leader and a member of the global Deloitte Real Estate Leadership Executive. The focus of his work is the auditing and advising of companies and groups of companies in the real estate industry. Michael Müller is also a lecturer in international accounting (IFRS) and a member of various real estate industry associations and commissions.

Kathy is Deloitte’s Global Real Estate sector leader and an audit partner based in the U.S. with more than 25 years of experience. She serves as lead client service partner for both public and private clients, with a focus in the real estate and hospitality sectors. In addition to her roles at Deloitte, she is a member of NAREIT and the Urban Land Institute and serves as a board member for several non-for-profit organizations.

Caroline leads Deloitte’s Real Estate Practice across the UK for all service lines. She is a Partner within Transaction Services who leads our Real estate SPA Advisory offering, and her practice specialises in advising on the purchase price mechanics in private M&A deals, working alongside the financial and tax due diligence teams to translate issues and risks identified into value creation or protection for her clients, whether through completion accounts, ‘locked box’ or earn-out purchase price mechanisms. Caroline has led hundreds of deals in the real estate and hospitality sector over the past few years, including multiple complex international and pan-European transactions, which has involved dealing with the varying market practices in purchase price mechanisms and transaction documentation in each jurisdiction. Real estate assets included offices, logistics, hotels, shopping malls, development land, care homes and student accommodation.

Alberto is the partner responsible for Real Estate at Deloitte Spain. Alberto began his professional career at Deloitte 22 years ago and became a Partner in 2008. He is specialized in Real Estate transactions, M&A, debt financing and refinancing processes. Some of his main clients are: Merlin Properties, Apollo, Castlelake and Värde. Alberto has been a speaker at relevant real estate market events such as the Barcelona Meeting Point, GRI and the Financial Sector Meeting.

Lize is a member of the Deloitte Global Real Estate Executive Committee. Lize leads initiatives that impact the real estate industry and coordinates it between the various Deloitte Member firms in her role as Real Estate Sector leader of Deloitte Luxembourg and DCE. She is also a board member of ALFI (Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry) and vice-chair of the ALFI Regulatory Advisory Board Lize holds a B.Accounting (Honours) degree from the University of Stellenbosch and audit certifications in Luxembourg (Reviseur d’Entreprise Agréée), Lize is also a fellow member of ACCA, an US Certified Public Accountant, as well as a South African Chartered Accountant. Lize is fluent in English.

Jurriën Veldhuizen is managing partner of Deloitte Real Estate, the leading strategic and financial advisor for complex real estate and infrastructure projects: Urban development, M&A, Strategy & Technology. Together with his team, Jurrien is making an impact through strategic (financial) advise for multinationals, governments, developers, investors, constructions firms, housing organizations, health care and universities & schools in the following fields: Urban Development, Strategy & Technology, Real Estate M&A, Infrastructure & Capital Project Advisory, Real Estate Legal Advisory and Port Advisory. Jurriën is also segment leader Construction for Deloitte Netherlands and member of the Board of Deloitte North South Europe LLP.

He specialises primarily in corporate finance services related to real estate transactions, real estate valuations, commercial due diligence, market analyses, searching for acquisition targets, economic feasibility studies or the elaboration of investment and business plans. Miroslav is a UK-Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) and writes articles for economic and other specialist media and is a frequent speaker at professional conferences.

Mads Skaarup leads our Danish and Nordic real estate team focused on sizeable, complex real estate transactions and development projects, capital procurements and establishment of joint venture partnerships to a wide range of clients. The team leverages on real estate insights across geographies from the extensive Deloitte network and specialists, which also include real estate specialised services including tax, VAT, due diligences, etc. enabling Deloitte as a unique one-stop-shop for real estate advise.

John is a Partner and Head of Debt and Capital Advisory, Deloitte Ireland. He is also a member of the board of the firm. John has over 20 years financial services experience including 10 years spent in corporate banking and mezzanine finance. Since joining Deloitte in 2010 John has acted as company side advisor to many mid and large corporates on raising new senior, unitranche and subordinated debt from Irish and International Banks to Alternative Lenders.

In the real estate industry, Danny focuses on VAT consulting for clients in the private (e.g. real estate developers, REITs, hospitals, senior housing, etc.) and public sectors and the broad corporate market at national and international level. Besides the specific VAT topics (e.g. reduced VAT rates, VAT exemptions), he has also good knowledge of alternative financing of real estate and transfer duties. Danny is, together with Marc Van tieghem, also the lead for the Legal Management Consulting (LMC) offering. Danny is a recommended lawyer in the Chambers Europe and Legal 500 directories.