Benham & Reeves Middle East

Beginning her property career in the UK, Claire worked in residential sales and rentals in Central London before relocating to Dubai. Having been based in the Middle East for the past 15 years, Claire has over two decades of experience in international real estate which includes running a Dubai property brokerage, managing a portfolio of investors based in East Africa and working with a US based private equity real estate fund which raises capital from GCC based clients for hotel, office and retail assets across important primary and tertiary markets. With a far-reaching network of contacts covering the GCC and East Africa, Claire works closely with family offices and HNWI’s assisting with their worldwide property investment mandates and leads our operations in these regions.

Leanne joined Benham & Reeves in 2022 and brings extensive UK property experience. She has previously worked in financial services helping expats in the UAE with all their UK property purchases, prior to this working in the UK as a negotiator for a local real estate company. Her primary focus has been property investment as well as development sales and building business relationships in both the United Kingdom and GCC markets.

As Sales Executive at Benham & Reeves her focus is business development, specifically helping GCC investors who wish to expand their London property portfolios.