Eddie Yeh of JLL
As investors in mainland China and Hong Kong have become a major force in real estate acquisitions globally, real estate services firm JLL has recruited a veteran finance hand to help advise investors on these increasingly complex transactions.
According to a recent announcement by the Chicago-based firm, JLL has appointed Eddie Yeh as its new Head of Corporate Finance for Greater China. In the newly created position, the former lawyer and banker will be charged with assisting JLL’s clients with strategic corporate advisory, capital raising, debt advisory and structured finance across mainland China and Hong Kong.
Yeh joins JLL after seven years with Standard Chartered in Hong Kong where he served as Executive Director for Commercial Real Estate.
“As China’s fund and asset management industry continues to expand and mature, we have an increasing number of Chinese clients seeking strategic corporate advice, best-in-class execution capabilities and access to global capital,” Chris Key, Head of Corporate Finance, JLL Asia Pacific, said. “With Eddie’s extensive experience in real estate equity capital markets, M&A, corporate strategy, debt and structured finance, I’m confident he will help to grow our business by providing a comprehensive range of services to meet the changing demands of our client base in China.”
Yeh will report directly to Key in his new position, and will also serve as a member of JLL’s Asia Pacific Corporate Finance team where he will advise on raising private capital, debt funding and mergers and acquisitions, as well as providing strategic corporate advice to clients and due diligence services for global capital seeking exposure in greater China and Asia.
After starting out as a solicitor with law firm Allen & Overy in London in the mid-1990s, Yeh spent a decade at Citigroup in both its investment bank and fixed income divisions, with postings in both London and Hong Kong, before joining Standard Chartered in 2009.
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