JLL strengthens EMEA Energy & Infrastructure team with senior director appointment 

LONDON, 10 December – JLL has announced the appointment of Mehdi Benjelloun as Senior Director within its pan-EMEA Energy & Infrastructure (E&IA) Advisory team. This hire supports JLL's accelerated growth plan for energy and infrastructure advisory services across the region and globally. Following the acquisition of Javelin Capital in the US and the expansion of our Asia Pacific business, Mehdi strengthens our global M&A platform and is a strategic appointment that broadens our infrastructure sector coverage.

The firm's E&IA EMEA team comprises approximately 35 professionals with offices in the UK, Italy, Spain, and Poland, actively delivering mandates across Germany, France, Benelux, the Nordics, and the wider CEE region.

Mehdi joins JLL from Standard Chartered Bank PLC, where he served as Senior Executive Director in the Real Assets Advisory team, focusing on Power, Utilities & Infrastructure coverage from 2020 to 2025. In this role, he led the Infrastructure M&A and Strategic Advisory practice for Europe and Africa, advising a broad range of sector participants and also facilitating cross-border capital flows between Middle Eastern and Asian investors into strategic infrastructure assets, while delivering mandates across M&A, equity capital raising, and structured financing.

In his new role at JLL, Mehdi will focus on expanding the E&IA practice through direct business and strategic development, leveraging his broad infrastructure experience to strengthen the platform and widen its coverage. The position encompasses business origination and execution across various new sectors such as Energy, Utilities, Transportation and Digital Infrastructure, complementing the team’s leading Renewables and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) practice.

Mehdi brings almost twenty years of infrastructure investment experience, with an established network of financial advisors across EMEA. His expertise spans M&A transactions, capital raising, valuations, and strategic advisory.

"We're delighted to have Mehdi join our growing energy and infrastructure team," said Steve Jack, Head of Energy & Infrastructure Advisory EMEA, JLL. "His extensive experience and network will enhance our ability to provide clients with the specialised advisory services they require as they navigate the energy transition and broadens our offering into wider infrastructure sectors."

The role will involve collaboration across JLL's global Energy & Infrastructure platform, which now includes operations in the US and Asia Pacific, as well as integration with pan-EMEA Capital Markets teams including Debt & Structured Finance, Data Centres, and Investment Banking.