JLL's pub team bolstered by new hire

"Having Lachlan onboard will ensure we can provide better coverage of Victoria by him focusing primarily on regional markets, ensuring JLL are front of mind across the state from both a Metropolitan and Regional perspective."

JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group continue to grow their pub team, with the recruitment of Lachlan Persley as an Executive within the Victorian team.

Persley has spent the previous 8 years specialising in the sale and leasing of some of our east-coast’s most premier retail and hospitality assets, negotiating on behalf of key clients, including Endeavour Group, National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank as well as the divestment of assets of some of Australia’s most well-known hospitality families.

Having developed a number of key relationships within the hospitality industry and an in-depth understanding of the market, Lachlan has now decided to progress his career into one of the nation’s most buoyant markets, with Australia’s pub sector continuing to prosper both in Victoria and on a national scale.

Lachlan Persley - Courtesy of JLL

With both family and business connections within the pub industry, Persley is excited to commence his new role with JLL, commenting: “I’ve witnessed from afar JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group continue to dominate market share across the country within the pub sector, it’s a market that I have always felt a yearning to be involved in on a day-to-day basis. 

"I believe that with my experience in both the retail and hospitality markets, I can provide value to the team immediately and provide perspective from both a lessor and lessee having represented both sides in my previous role.”

Persley will be working closely with JLL Hotel’s Senior Vice President, Will Connolly, who is thrilled to have Lachlan on-board and continue JLL’s National Pubs team expansion plan: “Lachlan’s appointment comes at an opportune time for him to establish himself in a market like no other. JLL have now sold over $700 million of pub assets across Victoria in the past three years, yet there is still opportunity for our team to widen our reach. Having Lachlan onboard will ensure we can provide better coverage of Victoria by him focusing primarily on regional markets, ensuring JLL are front of mind across the state from both a Metropolitan and Regional perspective.

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