H.I.G. Capital recently announced Graham Emmett's appointment as the new managing director for their London real estate team. Emmett, who was a Cheyne Capital Investment partner before, had a relevant background as a Lead Portfolio manager of Cheyne's real estate debt vehicle. Graham's experience also includes the investment and transactional sectors in all the different capital structures.
Graham has also headed the European Mezzanine debt investment team of Goldman and Sach's Special Situations Group. Furthermore, he has served as the finance director at the Delancey Estate.
Moreover, he was also an ICG Longbow partner, before joining Cheyne. ICG Longbow is a leading real estate lender based in London. He has been in the real estate sector and had different roles in the past 25 years.
"I am delighted to welcome Graham to the firm. He is a very experienced and successful real estate investor who significantly augments the expertise and capabilities of our team. I am confident he will play an instrumental role in growing H.I.G.'s real estate structured finance activities in Europe," said Sami Mnaymneh, a co-founder and the current H.I.G. CEO.
H.I.G. Capital is a leading global private equity investment firm. Its management has a total of €17 billion of equity capital. It is also an alternative assets investment firm.
The company is based in the U.S., particularly in Miami. It has other offices in San Francisco, Dallas, New York, Atlanta, Boston, and Chicago. It also has international affiliates based in Milan, Hamburg, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, and Madrid.
H.I.G.'s focus is on providing debt and equity capital to both small and mid-ranged companies. The company has completed 25 transactions across the globe, which includes Portugal, Finland, United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Ireland.
The company also has the ability to develop financing solution as well as consummate transactions. Its European real estate team has an active and wide spectrum of real estate asset classes.