Matthew Lawton

Career summary

Matthew is an Executive Managing Director and Investment Advisory Platform Leader located in the Miami and Chicago offices of JLL Capital Markets, Americas. He joined JLL as part of the HFF merger with more than 40 years of experience in commercial real estate, including investment advisory and equity placement. As a member of the Executive Committee, Matthew is responsible for the direction of the firm’s 30 capital markets offices and also serves as Co-Head of the national Investment Sales & Advisory group at JLL. In 2024, the firm executed more than $190 billion in capital markets transactions including $90B in multi-housing assets.

Matthew specializes in the capitalization of investment real estate and multi-market portfolios through direct sales and structured transactions. During the course of his career, Matthew has represented more than 250 different companies in excess of 1,000 transactions totaling more than $40 billion in consideration, across all property sectors and regions of the United States.