Montagu Evans has appointed M&G Real Estate director Tim Hayns as a partner and the new head of its retail and leisure sector team.
Hayns has joined the agency after 14 years with M&G Real Estate, where he was director for asset management.
During that time, Hayns specialised in UK retail warehousing, leisure parks, central London and high street retail, managing more than 50 retail and leisure parks and 70 high street assets for life, retail and value-add funds. He was involved in deals totalling more than £1.3bn.
Hayns also chaired Accessible Retail from 2014 to 2016.
At Montagu Evans, Hayns will advise landlords and work across its investment, planning, advisory and management service lines to strengthen existing and new client relationships.
Edward George, partner at Montagu Evans, said: “With retail and leisure having proved their resilience to various challenges in recent years and the continued robust confidence on the investment and occupational side, there is a clear opportunity to grow the breadth of experience and skillset in our team and extend our relationships across both sectors, in and out of town.
“Tim’s considerable occupier and investor knowledge will add to our strength and depth.”
Hayns said: “Having worked with Montagu Evans for many years, I’ve seen at first hand the team’s ethos, its market knowledge and its ability to genuinely link across sectors and services to give clients a more strategic, more holistic view.
“The retail and leisure sector is a very interesting area to focus on right now and I’m looking forward to the opportunity to engage with more landlords, occupiers and advisers in the months ahead.”
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