Mr. Lyons is the former President and CEO of Savills’ North American subsidiary, a position he held through 2012. He has over 30 years of real estate investment banking and capital markets experience and is responsible for generating over $20 billion of commercial real estate transactions through sales, financing, and strategic advice. Mr. Lyons has placed over $675 million of real estate equity capital on behalf of U.S. family office investors since 2014. He also currently serves as a Senior External Advisor to McKinsey & Company.

Mr. Lyons is a successful entrepreneur and business executive, having founded and managed real estate-related businesses through multiple economic cycles. In 1996, he founded Granite Partners LLC, a boutique commercial real estate investment banking company with offices in New York, Texas, and California. Mr. Lyons sold the business to Savills LLC in 2007. Prior to forming Granite Partners, Mr. Lyons served as a Principal and Managing Director at Eastdil Realty, specializing in the disposition and restructuring of commercial real estate on a single asset and portfolio basis. Mr. Lyons started his career at Spitzer and Feldman, P.C., where he practiced law in the areas of commercial and residential real estate.

Mr. Lyons received a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and earned a B.S. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Lyons has been a regular expert commentator for major media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, NBC Nightly News, Bloomberg News, BusinessWeek and TheStreet.com.