GTIS Partners
Lawrence Diamond has experience in various financial roles, including as a Fund Accountant at GTIS Partners, Fund Controller at Standish Management, LLC, and Auditor/Tax Associate at BERKOWER LLC. Prior to their financial career, Lawrence held roles as Managing Partner at Constantino's Italian Market and General Manager at Ristorante La Griglia. Lawrence holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Kean University, with a focus on audit, tax, GAAP, GAAS, client relations, compliance, regulations, partnerships, hedge funds, private equity, and broker-dealers.
GTIS Partners
GTIS Partners is a global real estate investment firm headquartered in New York with offices in São Paulo, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Paris and Munich. Founded in 2005 by Tom Shapiro, the firm now manages over $4 billion in gross assets. GTIS is managed by President Tom Shapiro and Partners Thomas Feldstein, João Teixeira, Rob Vahradian, Peter Ciganik, Maristella Val Diniz, Ed McDowell & Robert McCall. GTIS is active across a wide range of real estate sectors including single and multi-family rental, for-sale single and multi-family, office, industrial/logistics and hospitality as well as opportunity zones. The firm invests at various points in the capital structure including credit, common equity and structured equity. In the US, GTIS has invested in over 150 assets across 42 unique markets with a focus on growth areas like Phoenix, Dallas, Tampa and Charlotte. Collectively, the team has decades of experience in real estate spanning homebuilding, single-family rental, land development and urban infill. In Brazil, GTIS is among the largest real estate private equity firms with a growing logistics investments and marquee assets in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro including the Infinity office building and Palácio Tangará, a five-star resort style hotel.