28. 5. 2025
15th IBA Real Estate Conference London 2025 - Martin Holler as Speaker
"Trends and hot topics in Real Estate – round tables"
On 5 June 2025 (1115 - 1200), Martin Holler, member of IBA Real Estate Section Advisory Board will participate in this session at the 15th IBA Annual Real Estate Investments Conference in London together with other speakers.
Join them for a lively, interactive debate about recent and hot topics and trends in the real estate markets. The topics for the tables are as follows:
1. Affordable housing initiatives are expanding. For good or bad?
2. Conversion from Office to Residential.
3. Short-term rentals which are continuing to rise.
4. Restrictions on foreign real estate ownership.
5. Trends in leisure industry.
6. Buyer beware: How to obtain good title/ownership in real estate.
7. Change in U.S. government: Impact on the real estate industry.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
Massimo D'Angelo (Blank Rome, New York, New York, USA; North American Regional Forum Liaison Officer, Real Estate Section)
Roland Müller (Vischer, Basel, Switzerland)
Speakers
Rossana Duarte (Mattos Filho, São Paulo, Brazil; Member, Real Estate Section Advisory Board)
Andrea Dzik (BTG Pactual, São Paulo, Brazil)
Martin Holler (Giese & Partner sro, Prague, Czech Republic; Member, Real Estate Section Advisory Board)
Veronique Lagarde (Dentons, Paris, France; Chair, Servicing Industry Subcommittee)
Eduardo Martin (Carey y Cia, Santiago, Chile; Conference Coordinator, Real Estate Section)
Cristiana Moreira (BMA Advogados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Latin American Regional Forum Liaison Officer, Real Estate Section)
Diana Nabuuso (Renaissance Advocates , Kampala, Uganda; African Regional Forum Liaison Officer, Real Estate Section)
Mario Paura (Stikeman Elliott, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Co-Chair, Commercial Real Estate Subcommittee)
Lieven Peeters (Altius, Brussels, Belgium; Senior Vice Chair, Leisure Industries Section)
Klaus Pfeiffer (Weber Harrer Rechtsanwälte & Co, Vienna, Austria)
Rocco Rigozzi (Baer & Karrer, Zürich, Switzerland)
Philip Skinner (Arnall Golden Gregory, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Member, Real Estate Section Advisory Board)
Andrzej Tokaj (Penteris Tokaj, Warsaw, Poland)
Monica Yip (WongPartnership, Singapore, Singapore; Asia Pacific Regional Forum Liaison Officer, Real Estate Section)
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