Stephen has more than 22 years of corporate experience in the investment banking and commercial real estate industries. Stephen has held senior roles with ABN AMRO, Savills and Colliers International.

He has particular expertise in accommodation strategy development, transaction execution and portfolio management for commercial real estate projects.

Stephen has worked on major office projects as a tenant advisor with clients including Berkshire Hathaway, Energy Development Limited, iiNet, Channel Nine and BT investment Management.

Prior to establishing Counsel, Stephen held senior positions including:

• Partner, Corporate Advisory, White & Partners
• Director, Corporate Real Estate Services, Savills
• Director, Corporate solutions, Colliers International

During his 30 year commercial property career, Emil has held leadership positions in occupier advisory, development consultancy, commercial real estate brokerage and strategic project leasing .

Prior to forming Counsel, Emil was the Head of CBRE Occupier Advisory & Transaction Services in the Pacific (Australia & NZ), responsible for all regional occupier transaction business lines including tenant representation, portfolio services and workplace strategy, managing a team of 60 people in key markets across Australia and New Zealand.

Emil spent 16 years with Charter Hall, one of Australia’s largest REIT’s which transitioned from a team of 7 to a listed business of over 300 people and $12 billion of assets under management covering office, industrial and retail sectors.