Corestate, a private equity investor based in Switzerland, has made a number of appointments aimed at strengthening its European investment and asset management services. The firm has recruited Jerry Melchionna to its origination team in its London office as well as a director and two associates to its London and Frankfurt based teams.

Melchionna brings over 30 years of real estate investment, origination, finance, securitization, and advisory experience to his new job at Corestate. Before joining the team in London, he was a managing director at Oppenheimer Investments in the US, where he managed a global team of structured and project finance professionals providing advice on infrastructure and real investments in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

In the Frankfurt office, Marco Lüder has joined as director of the commercial portfolio asset management team. Lüder previously held positions at Inovalis and Hudson Advisors in Germany, where he developed a broad range of specialist asset management skills.

Sebastian Zilles, one of the London-based Associates, brings with him several years of experience in the real estate investment and asset management sectors. He previously worked for Argoneo Real Estate and Morgan Stanley in Frankfurt.

Julien Abello, who also joins the London office as an associate, previously worked in JER's London-based investment team, where he held an analyst role, dedicated to monitoring commercial assets in Finland, Switzerland and the UK, particularly focused on the office and hotel sectors.