Commercial property finance specialist LNR Partners Europe said on Monday it has appointed Matthias Schlueter as its new chief operating officer and managing director.

Schlueter, who has 10 years of experience in the commercial real estate and CMBS special servicing industry, will take over the role from outgoing COO, Mark Miller, who is returning to the US. Schlueter will be responsible for overseeing the pan-European operations and increasing LNR's loan and asset services across Europe.

Schlueter, a German national, spent the last six years in various senior roles with LNR in the US. Prior to this he worked as a lawyer in the German commercial real estate market.

LNR Partners Europe is the European operating division of LNR Property Holdings, a major player in the US commercial property and debt markets.