As Founder and General Partner I am proud to introduce you to M&A Property Investors; a Swiss leading hedge private equity firm managing real estate high-selected investments in Switzerland and Northern Europe.

I have been in the real estate finance industry since 1998, having sourced investments in excess of € 850 Mil. from Baltic States to the Côte d’Azur and Northern Italy and overseen opportunistic residential and commercial development projects.

In early 2007 I had a hunch that the real estate trend was topping. I cleared all my investments in order to dedicate time to my old passion; archaeology. Indeed, it was crucial timing which allowed me, unintentionally, to get through the peak of the crisis without anguish or distress.

I saw many of my greedy competitors being wounded in those years, most of them have failed, some have reported huge losses, others are still languishing in great distress. All RE markets which were over-performing in the first years of the 21st century have slid into reasonable price values, notably reducing their price distortion and are now showing signs of recovery, except for a few which are still in recession.

This experience gave me the opportunity to think over the strategic errors made by the big market-players all throughout those glorious days.
The time has now come for a new challenge. I have created a new Team, carrying no distressed experience with it. A team full of willingness, energy and enthusiasm, ready to get down into the bullring and move on with a new post-crisis business model, identifying and responding to issue impacts beyond the crisis.

LP is joining us for a new challenging premium venture-partnership.

Marc E. Cottino
M&A Property Investors Founder and Principal