Danny Kaufman

Danny is a Senior Managing Director, Co-head of the Chicago office, and National Debt Platform Leader of JLL Capital Markets, Americas. He joined JLL as part of the HFF acquisition and has more than 20 years of commercial real estate experience. He specializes in all areas of commercial real estate finance with a focus on real estate investment banking, and debt/equity placement. He is also a securities representative with JLL Securities, the broker/deal affiliate of JLL.

During the course of his career, Danny has completed more than $20 billion in commercial real estate transactions including some of the largest and most complex financing and equity placement assignments in the U.S.

Prior to starting with HFF in 2004, Danny was with the John Buck Company. He earned his MBA from Vanderbilt University in 2003 and his undergraduate degree from Tulane University in 1999.

Danny is a sitting Trustee of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and is involved in numerous other philanthropic organizations.