Deutsche Bank’s John O’Driscoll has been named head of mergers and acquisitions for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at JLL.
He joins the JLL corporate finance team as an international director and will support the growth of M&A advisory services.
O’Driscoll leaves Deutsche Bank after eight years, where he was EMEA head of real estate M&A. Prior to this he was part of the real estate investment banking team at JP Morgan.
Arthur de Haast, head of corporate finance EMEA at JLL, said: “With positive economic fundamentals and the high amount of capital targeting real estate opportunities in Europe, John’s expertise will broaden our client M&A offering and support our ambition to be at the forefront of capital markets and corporate finance real estate advice across the region.”
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