Eric van Leuven
Executive Partner, Head of Portugal • Portugal
Local Office:
Edifício Café Lisboa
Avenida Da Liberdade
No. 131 - 143 and 145 - 153
Lisbon, Lisbon 1250-140
Portugal
Mobile: +351 91 722 6694
Eric van Leuven
Executive Partner, Head of Portugal • Portugal
About
Eric van Leuven is Executive Partner and the Head of Portugal of Cushman & Wakefield.
In addition to leading a team of more than 125 professionals in consultancy and real estate brokerage, he personally advises mostly clients on shopping centre development and commercial property investment.
Eric is a Dutch national but has lived and worked in Portugal since 1982. In 1987, he set up George Knight Estate Agents in Lisbon. In 1991, Cushman & Wakefield (then Healey & Baker) acquired the commercial property division of George Knight and Eric became C&W’s Head of Portugal.
As a member of C&W’s EMEA Board he chaired the local boards of the firm’s offices in Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Greece.
He is currently member of the firm’s European Leadership Team.
Affiliations
- In 2000 Eric was elected a Fellow of the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) as an “eminent professional” in recognition of his role in the development of the commercial property market in Portugal
- He is a past President of RICS in Portugal and of ACAI (the Portuguese Association of Property Consultants and Valuers)