John Todd has more than 25 years of experience in private equity and investment banking, serving as an investor and advisor in real estate transactions totaling nearly $30 billion. Prior to LEX, John was co-founder and Managing Partner of Post Road Partners, a real estate investment, asset management and advisory firm. Before that, he held positions within Citigroup’s global investment bank, Credit Suisse’s real estate private equity funds and Fidelity Investments.

Donal has over 25 years of experience in business development within the investment industry. He was previously a Partner at Mercury Capital Advisors, where he oversaw multiple distribution channels across the U.S. Prior to that, he was a Director at Guggenheim Partners, where he focused on middle market consultants, multi-family offices, RIAs, and bank trust clients.

Matt’s career spans over three decades on Wall Street. He spent 15 years at Lehman Brothers and Barclays as a Managing Director in Equities running the trading businesses and global equity syndicate, where he completed over 1,500 successful capital raises. Ultimately, Matt took over the Americas equities business where he managed trading, sales and publishing research. Subsequently, he became the Senior Managing Director in charge of Equities at Guggenheim Securities. Most recently, Matt was in charge of equities at Liquidnet and contributed significantly to the sale of the business to TP ICAP.

Karim comes to LEX with broad experience originating and structuring high-yield real estate debt & equity investments. Prior to LEX, he was a Managing Director at Kohlberg Ventures Realty Capital (KVRC), a privately held real estate investment management company that invests directly in real estate debt and equity. Before that, he was a founding member of Hudson Realty Capital and worked as a senior acquisitions officer at Credit Suisse/Praedium Group. Karim has underwritten, structured and managed assets in excess of $3 billion.

Steve has over 30 years of experience in various business development roles with some of the largest names in the financial services industry, including Voya, Lazard, and Merill Lynch. He was previously a Senior Vice President at Griffin Capital, a full-service real estate investment and management company.