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Globally, Cushman & Wakefield operates 3.5 billion square feet of property and generated US$6.9bn of revenue in 2017, making it major player in the property management industry. With operations in 70 countries, Cushman & Wakefield is a global operation. In Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa Cushman & Wakefield’s affiliated partner is Excellerate Property Services, which has a wealth of experience in the Southern African property market. It is one of Africa’s largest property managers with a large range of fully integrated, self-performing properties and services including property asset management, facility management, corporate real estate services and project management. Cushman & Wakefield has 22 offices in South Africa as well as in Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Tanzania. To run this large operation takes a strong legal outfit, with strong property, commercial, corporate and financial background, and Cushman & Wakefield’s South Africa-based in-house team has this in abundance. Led by the highly decorated Madeleine Truter, head of legal, who joined in June 2018, the team has impressed with its expert handling of a complex geographical and jurisdictional coverage and its work on major expansions and deals across the region.