Jim Blakemore

Jim is a Managing Partner at BentallGreenOak. Jim leads the firm’s Global fixed income strategies. BGO manages around $15 billion of commercial mortgage loan assets.

Jim founded the BentallGreenOak European debt team which manages over $3 billion of capital from institutional investors and is an active lender for commercial real estate properties located in the UK and across Western Europe.

Jim was previously European Head of Lehman Brothers Global Real Estate Group for EMEA. In this role, Jim oversaw Lehman Brothers European on-balance sheet real estate activities including commercial mortgage and mezzanine lending.

At Lehman Brothers, Jim served on its European Operating Committee, European Fixed Income Executive Committee as well as its Global Fixed Income Operating Committee.

Prior to coming to London, Jim worked at Lehman Brothers in New York where he originated and structured mortgage loans and CMBS transactions. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Jim was an attorney at Thacher Proffitt and Wood (New York) where he practiced real estate and securities law.