James Millon

James Millon is President & Co-Head of U.S. & Canada Capital Markets at CBRE, where he leads the firm’s capital markets strategy and operations across the region. In this role, he partners with Tommy Lee, leveraging his extensive debt-side experience to complement Tommy's equity background. Previously, James served as President, U.S. Debt & Structured Finance at CBRE, where he led one of the industry’s top financing platforms. This team works closely with developers and commercial property owners, and leverages long-term, established relationships with diverse capital sources, including banks, pension funds, life insurance and credit companies, conduits/CMBS entities, government-sponsored enterprises, and global investors. He was also Co-Head of U.S. Large Loans, focusing on institutional debt advisory. His expertise lies in originating, underwriting, pricing, structuring, negotiating, syndicating, and securitizing large commercial real estate finance transactions. Since joining CBRE in July of 2016, James has arranged more than $45 billion in large fixed- and floating-rate transactions ranging from single assets to large portfolios. To date, he has originated more than $75 billion in commercial real estate loans throughout the United States, spanning all property types. Prior to Deutsche Bank, James was a member of Société Générale’s large loan origination and structuring desk and began his career with MMA Realty Capital’s debt fund.