Duff & Phelps Appoints James Liddiment as Managing Director in the Firm’s Real Estate Advisory Group

London – Duff & Phelps, the global advisor that protects, restores and maximizes value for clients, today announced that James Liddiment has joined the firm’s London office as a managing director in its Real Estate Advisory Group (REAG).

Liddiment is a Chartered Surveyor and specializes in providing valuation and strategic advice to banks, building societies and funders under a variety of scenarios, including secured lending, asset management, divestment and in distressed situations. He has extensive experience acting as an LPA receiver for a number of secured lending clients where enforcement is necessary.

Liddiment is a member and a Registered Valuer of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). He is also a Fellow of the National Association for Property and Fixed Charge Receivers (Nara) and is a RICS Registered Receiver.

Mike Weaver, Head of Valuation Advisory Services in EMEA at Duff & Phelps, said: “We look forward to welcoming James to the team. He brings valuable real estate experience to Duff & Phelps with a focus on secured lending valuation, review and restructuring. James will help to bolster our REAG practice outside of the U.S., working alongside myself, John Slade and Mark Whittingham who joined earlier this month. The appointment of James and Mark reaffirms our commitment to our fast-growing real estate practice and strengthens our team in the UK.”

Liddiment joins Duff & Phelps from Eddisons, a UK based firm of Chartered Surveyors, where he was the director responsible for the London commercial real estate valuation team. He joins five former colleagues from Eddisons who became members of our team earlier this year to establish Duff & Phelps REAG practice in Manchester, including Managing Director Paul Greenhalgh, and Directors David Cran and Phil Kelly.

“I am delighted to join such a dynamic and innovative team at Duff & Phelps and continue working alongside Paul and my former Eddisons colleagues. With extensive real estate expertise locally, combined with our global presence, we look forward to delivering exceptional service to our clients,” stated James Liddiment, Managing Director, Duff & Phelps.

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Duff & Phelps is the global advisor that protects, restores and maximizes value for clients in the areas of valuation, corporate finance, investigations, disputes, cyber security, compliance and regulatory matters, and other governance-related issues. We work with clients across diverse sectors, mitigating risk to assets, operations and people. With Duff & Phelps, a division of Duff & Phelps since 2018, our firm has nearly 3,500 professionals in 28 countries around the world. For more information, visit www.duffandphelps.com.

M&A advisory, capital raising and secondary market advisory services in the United States are provided by Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC. Member FINRA/SIPC. Pagemill Partners is a Division of Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC. M&A advisory, capital raising and secondary market advisory services in the United Kingdom are provided by Duff & Phelps Securities Ltd. (DPSL), which is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. M&A advisory and capital raising services in Germany are provided by Duff & Phelps GmbH, which is a Tied Agent of DPSL. Valuation Advisory Services in India are provided by Duff & Phelps India Private Limited under a category 1 merchant banker license issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India.