The first day of the Spain Real Estate Summit 2025 will feature an essential discussion on the current state of real estate financing, exploring how market conditions have shifted over the past year and what the future holds for equity, bonds, debt markets, and NPL portfolios.
Taking place on May 6th and 7th at La Finca UZalacaín in Madrid, the Summit gathers over 350 global leaders and investors to analyze Spain’s position as a premier investment destination. Organized by Iberian Property in collaboration with CBRE and JLL, the event serves as a platform for industry professionals to examine key economic trends and financing strategies shaping the real estate landscape.
Opening the event will be James Seppala, Head of Real Estate Europe at Blackstone, with a keynote session titled “A Financier’s View of Real Estate”.
Mr. Seppala will share his perspective on the evolving global property landscape, drawing from his role leading real estate investments at Blackstone, the world’s largest real estate owner. The session will be introduced and moderated by Adolfo Ramírez-Escudero, Chairman of Capital Markets EMEA and CEO in Spain of CBRE.
A roundtable discussion will follow to delve into financing cycles, the evolving debt market, and the growing role of alternative capital sources. The panel brings together leading voices in real estate finance: George Molesworth, Managing Director Credit at Apollo; Edward Boots, Head of RE Finance Continental Europe at M&G Investments; Stefano Lombardo, Head of Debt Funds Europe at Generali; and Omar El Glaoui, Managing Director, Co-Head of EMEA RE Finance at Citi.
George Molesworth is Managing Director, Credit at Apollo, where he works on the origination, structuring and execution of performing commercial real estate debt. Prior to joining in 2018, George was Executive Director in the Commercial Real Estate Finance Group at Goldman Sachs, and Associate Director in the Structured Real Estate Finance Group at Santander before that.
The Credit business is Apollo’s largest asset management strategy by AUM, spans the private and public corporate credit and asset-backed finance markets. As of December 31st 2024, Apollo had $616B in AUM (Credit).
