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Managing global property portfolios, transactions and teams : A primer for corporate real estate executives — Part 2: Communications
Corporate Real Estate Journal,
10
(3),
242-255
(2021)
Abstract
Part 2 in this series of papers evaluates the challenges of managing global property portfolios, and offers tips on communicating with colleagues, advisers and counterparties across countries and cultures, including where there may not be a shared primary language for conversations and where the negotiations and controlling documents may be in a language other than your own.
Keywords: corporate real estate (CRE); planning projects abroad operational challenges; domestic project; local customs; cultural styles; clearly expressed business objectives
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Author's Biography
James Hagy is Distinguished Lecturer in Residence at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He has also lectured at other professional schools across the US and at Peking University School of Transnational Law. He founded and directs the Rooftops Project, which offers conferences, workshops, research and resources about the role of real estate in the missions and the operational and financial performance of not-for-profit (charitable) organisations of all sizes and mission types. Prior to his life in teaching and community service, he practised for almost 30 years with one of the largest global law firms, where he co-led its real estate practice worldwide.
