Jefferies Hires CMBS Capital Markets Head

Jefferies & Co. named Mark Green as a managing director and head of CMBS capital markets. Green will report jointly to William Jennings and Johan Eveland, co-heads of Jefferies' MBS/ABS group, as well as Benjamin Lorello, global head of investment banking and capital markets at Jefferies. According to a report in Asset Securitization Report, Green will become part of a team consisting of Joe Accurso and Lisa Pendergast, who co-head CMBS trading and strategy, and Dana Arrighi who heads CRE origination. Green has 11 years of CMBS capital markets experience and joins Jefferies from UBS, where for four years he was a managing director and head of CMBS capital markets. "With the ongoing rebound in capital markets activity, there is an even greater need and demand from our clients for innovative financing and ideas," Jennings and Eveland said. The company views the CMBS market as a major investment banking opportunity this year. Asset Securitization Report is an affiliate of National Mortgage News.