Matthew J. Lustig

Matthew J. Lustig is a Managing Director of both Lazard Frères & Co. LLC (“Lazard”) and Lazard Alternative Investments LLC ("LAI") and is Chief Executive Officer and Managing Principal of Lazard Real Estate Partners LLC ("LREP"). He is responsible for Lazard’s real estate industry activities including investment banking and strategic advisory, as well as the real estate principal and fund investment activities of LAI. He is a member of Lazard's fairness opinion committee and of LAI's real estate, private equity, and venture capital investment committees.

With respect to investment banking, Mr. Lustig has extensive experience in strategic advice, finance and capital raising, and first tier asset and portfolio sales. In recent years, he has played an active role in more than $80 billion of strategic transactions involving leading real estate companies in the public and private markets. Mr. Lustig is Board Chairman of Atria Senior Living Group, Inc., an assisted living company, and is also on the Executive Committee. Mr. Lustig has served as a director of several other portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Lazard in 1989, Mr. Lustig was a First Vice President in the Real Estate Group at Drexel Burnham Lambert. He was previously a lending officer with Chase Manhattan Bank specializing in construction and real estate finance.

Mr. Lustig is a member of various industry organizations including Real Estate Roundtable, Urban Land Institute, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Pension Real Estate Association, Real Estate Advisory Board at Columbia University School of Business and The Wharton School Samuel Zell/Robert Lurie Real Estate Center.