Knight Frank appoints head of global capital markets

Knight Frank has appointed Nick Braybrook to lead its global capital markets team after more than three decades at the firm. Already head of the London capital markets and development team, Braybrook will now lead the firm’s 250-plus global capital markets team, while also continuing his responsibilities heading up the team in London. Braybrook will work closely with the company’s capital markets heads based in six regions around the world, as well as Knight Frank’s capital advisory team. He will also collaborate closely with the private office team, which advises high-net-worth individuals. That team was recently bolstered by the appointment of Sarah May-Brown as head of global private capital. Braybrook said: “Responding to our clients’ needs, enhancing collaboration and connectivity across the regions is a key part of our capital markets strategy. The global real estate investment market continues its steady recovery in volumes but it has also become nuanced. “There is much greater activity from private capital, new sectors such as data centres showing very strong growth, the living sectors remaining a dominant focus, and now offices starting to show signs of real recovery. And all this with the added complexity of ever-changing geopolitics.” Braybrook started at Knight Frank more than 30 years ago as a graduate and later became head of the City investment team, before taking over as head of London’s capital markets and development in 2018 alongside the team’s chair Jamie Pope. He most recently advised on British Land and GIC’s £1.45bn joint venture agreement for the development of 2 Finsbury Avenue, EC2. He also led the recently completed Invesco sale of Lazard’s new HQ at 20 Manchester Square, W1, to Aware Super and Delancey for the duo’s first joint acquisition in London. Image © Knight Frank