Michel Seifer
Michel Seifer has worked in the institutional real estate industry for over 32 years. In early 2021, Mr. Seifer left JLL, Inc. to form Amarok Capital with Andrew Friedman, Steve Wolmark and Matthew Friedman. Prior to forming Amarok, Mr. Seifer spent his entire real estate career at JLL. Mr. Seifer was most recently Senior Managing Director, Capital Markets at JLL with principal responsibilities for California and the Pacific Northwest where he was a senior lead on all equity and debt capital markets transactions in the region.
During his tenure, he completed over $25 billion in deal volume, including the disposition, financing and JV structuring of office, retail, industrial, residential and hotel assets. Mr. Seifer is the past Chair of JLL’s U.S. Capital Markets Leadership Board. In addition, he also is a former member of JLL's Northwest Region Executive Committee which provides board oversight of the firm’s operational activities in Northern California and the Northwest.
Before rejoining the Capital Markets Group in 1997, Mr. Seifer was a Vice President/Portfolio Manager in LaSalle Advisors, responsible for a retail portfolio in excess of four million square feet. Prior to that, Mr. Seifer was a member of a venture between LaSalle Partners and Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company, responsible for advising Dai-ichi on the ownership and management of its multi-billion U.S. real estate portfolio. Mr. Seifer joined JLL in 1990 as a Financial Analyst in the Corporate Finance Group.
Mr. Seifer holds a BA degree in Government and Economics from Dartmouth College. Mr. Seifer holds licenses as a Registered Securities Representative (Series 7 and 63) and a California Real Estate Salesperson.