Cushman & Wakefield – Nelson Mullins RFP Response

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1. Provide a brief overview of your firm. As one of the largest commercial real estate services firms in the world, C&W is a 101-year-old leading global real estate services firm that delivers exceptional value by putting ideas into action for real estate occupiers and owners. In 2017, the firm had revenue of $6.9 billion across core services of tenant representation, leasing, property, facilities and project management, capital markets, valuation, and other services. In September of 2018, C&W became publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker CWK, and is currently over 50% owned by a group of principal shareholders that include TPG, OTPP, and PAG. Essentially, we are a 101-year-old, $7 billion start-up, perfectly positioned to take advantage of an ever-changing world on behalf of our clients. Our company’s mission is centered around designing best-in-class solutions for our clients. We listen, strategize, and deploy our extensive platform of services, enhanced by leveraging our Specialty Advisory Groups, to custom design and implement real estate solutions.

Our Legal Sector Advisory Group is one of our strongest specialty advisory groups - having been ranked #1 by the National Law Journal for the past five years in Tenant Representation , a true testament to our success in representing law firms throughout the U.S. and around the world. C&W’s Legal Sector Advisory Group, led by co-team leader

Sherry Cushman, is composed of over 350 real estate advisors, including all members of the Core Team and Market Champions (discussed in further detail below), from across the globe that specialize in creating and

implementing real estate solutions that support law firms and related businesses. In today’s competitive marketplace, firms are challenged to maintain profit margins while keeping work environments efficient, creative, and flexible. By bringing together real estate advisors that understand the unique characteristics of the legal sector, C&W is able to provide NMRS with creative, forward-thinking strategies to achieve the most flexible, operationally efficient, and cost-effective real estate solutions globally. The Legal Sector Advisory Group has developed several proprietary processes specifically for the legal sector, including the National Legal Sector Benchmark Survey, National Associate Survey, and a customized Vision Session. The results of the National Legal Sector Benchmark Survey and National Associate Survey provide NMRS with cutting-edge statistics, thought leadership, and insights not available anywhere else. Our exclusive Vision Session will help build consensus among key firm decision makers/attorneys to support NMRS in achieving its short- and long-term business, financial, and operational goals.

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