Matthias J. Meckert is Head of Legal Continental Europe with PGIM Real Estate. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment business of PGIM, the global asset management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. He and his team are overseeing the operations in PGIM Real Estate’s offices in Frankfurt, München, Berlin, Luxembourg, Paris and Milan.
Matthias does have more than 20 years of experience in the real estate sector, first in private practice (former partner with Mayer Brown LLP) and since 2013 with PGIM Real Estate. Around his transactional experience which requires him and his team to oversee several billions of real estate transaction per year on the continent, Matthias has expanded his areas of expertise into regulatory aspects (AIFMD, MiFID2), fund structuring and into the fast moving world of ESG regulation.
Matthias studied in Mainz (Germany) and Dijon (France) and has spent a significant time of his career in London and Boston.
Matthias is a member of the legal committee of BVI (Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management), of the advisory board of Bundesverband Wirtschaftskanzleien in Deutschland, Fachbeirat Anwaltsspiegel and General Counsel Leadership Circle (diruj). Matthias has been listed on the Legal500 Powerlist Germany in 2017, 2019 and 2023 (as individual) and 2018 (as team) and had been shortlisted as In-house ESG Champion in 2024 (Legal500 Germany Awards).
91 % der institutionellen Anleger in Deutschland berücksichtigen Nachhaltigkeitskriterien bei ihren Anlageentscheidungen. Der Anteil der privaten Anleger in nachhaltige Geldanlagen liegt in Deutschland aktuell bei rund 10 %. Beide Investorengruppen geben in relevanten Umfragen an, künftig (noch) mehr in nachhaltige Anlagen investieren zu wollen. Die nachhaltige Transformation der Wirtschaft – weltweit – geht auch in herausfordernden Zeiten weiter und bietet Investmentchancen, welche von Investoren erkannt und gesucht werden. Wie schauen Asset Manager auf die aktuellen Entwicklungen? Was sind die Trends, Perspektiven, Herausforderungen und Chancen nachhaltiger Investmentfonds?
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