Bidwells has appointed Oliver Heywood from Knight Frank as a partner in the firm’s capital markets division.
Heywood, who has more than 15 years’ experience in capital markets transactions, was a partner in Knight Frank’s residential investments team.
Prior to that, he worked for Cushman & Wakefield and Savills, with a focus on transactions and advisory within hotel and hospitality asset classes in the UK and Europe.
Heywood will report to Bidwells’ head of capital markets Andrew Groves, who is leading the expansion of the firm’s investment and transactions advisory.
Heywood said: “Bidwells and its expanding partnership recognise the strategic opportunity in the operational living sector and its future growth where transactional activity continues to thrive and the emergence of new asset classes are two promising trends.
“As market liquidity improves, we’ll look to rapidly scale and integrate our investment advisory suite with the firm’s best-in-class offerings in life sciences, technology and logistics sectors, creating a highly differentiated service for our clients that covers all stages of the asset lifecycle. I’m excited to be joining at such a critical point in the firm’s journey, where we have the infrastructure and capability to service complex mandates.”
Groves added: “Oliver’s expertise in investment, transactions and operations will be vital to our future growth as we develop out our enhanced capital markets advisory offering. We expect to make additional high-profile hires in the team in the near future, assembling a cutting edge and integrated capital markets advisory business.”
