ABOUT US

Tareq is a global investor and entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience in real estate, alternative investments, and strategic advisory. He is known for building trusted relationships with leading family offices and driving cross-border investments across the GCC, UK, US, and Levant. He is the founder of Darin Partners and a Partner at Flybridge Capital (New York & Boston), and has led major investments in real estate, technology, and sports. Tareq advises firms such as Arcapita Bank, Zouk Capital, Withers Worldwide, Watar Partners, and Lakestar. He also serves as the Personal Advisor to the Chairman of SEDCO Holding. Previously, he was at Arcapita Bank and served on the board of Sheffield United FC, contributing to its promotion to the English Premier League from League 1. Tareq holds degrees from the University of Georgia and London Business School, and is an alumnus of INSEAD and Harvard Business School.

Magdalena is a highly experienced property investor, developer, and strategic operator with over 20 years in the UK real estate market and more than £1 billion in executed acquisitions. Her expertise spans residential, mixed-use, and commercial-to-residential development, with a strong focus on design-led, highyield projects. She began her UK career at Nice Group, where she led the end-to-end development of over 1,000 units. In 2009, she founded Inspired Asset Management and Inspired Construction, delivering large-scale urban regeneration schemes across the UK. Her portfolio includes standout projects such as Green Dragon House, Croydon (£32.5M GDV, 62.7% margin), Fabrick, Manchester (£28.7M GDV), and Sutton Court Road, Sutton (£25.0M GDV). Magdalena brings deep operational experience across deal structuring, planning, SPVs, construction oversight, and lettings. She also manages a personal £10M+ rental portfolio delivering >9% gross yields and sub-90-day turnarounds. Known for blending entrepreneurial drive with executional rigour, she holds a Master’s in Economics from the University of Economics in Poznań.

John is a highly regarded real estate development and investment professional with over 30 years of experience across the UK and US commercial and residential sectors. With a total project GDV exceeding £2 billion, he brings deep expertise in acquisitions, planning, design, and delivery — from offices and ultra-prime homes to largescale regeneration and masterplanned communities. John is a British-qualified Civil Engineer and holds an MBA with a real estate focus from Columbia Business School. His career spans senior roles at Arup, The Related Companies, Grosvenor, and Realstar. His diverse project experience includes offices, hotels, student housing, mixed-use estates, and urban residential blocks — many in highly constrained or heritage sensitive environments. With hands-on knowledge from feasibility through construction, John is known for combining technical precision with strategic vision. At Darin Partners, John leads sourcing, underwriting, and delivery strategy, identifying off-market opportunities and driving high-value development across office and mixed-use asset classes.

Duncan is a seasoned investment banker, credit investor, Chartered Accountant and leader with over 25 years of experience across pan-European real estate, private equity, and institutional credit markets. Duncan has deep board-level expertise, he has advised and led high-impact transactions across real estate finance, capital raising, M&A, and operational turnaround. He formerly served as a voting member of the M&G Investment Committee, helping deploy capital during which time he diligenced, structured and executed 200+ primary transactions. His past mandates include optimising capital structures for major property portfolios, advising on bank and bond financings and sale-leasebacks, and managing complex stakeholder relationships through transitional periods. His recent work includes representing institutional investors across multiple pan-European board appointments. Leading Capital Solutions at Darin Partners, Duncan works closely with the board and new leadership to strengthen governance, appoint senior asset managers, and identify off-market investment opportunities. He brings a unique ability to navigate periods of change while building long-term value for shareholders and clients.

Chris is a founding shareholder of Darin Partners and one of the UK’s most respected legal minds in real estate finance and corporate restructuring. With over 25 years of international experience, he advises global investors, institutions, and financial sponsors on high-stakes transactions across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and the US. He is a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, a top-10 global law firm, where he specialises in restructuring, credit and real estate finance matters. Dual-qualified in England & Wales and New York, Chris has been consistently ranked as a Band 1 practitioner in Restructuring and Insolvency, and Banking and Finance by Chambers Global, Chambers UK, and Chambers Europe for 20 years. He was recently inducted into the Legal 500 Hall of Fame and he is a “Lawyer Hot 100” honouree. His career spans 32 years and includes landmark real estate mandates, including the £7bn restructuring of Annington’s UK military housing portfolio, recapitalisations for Value Retail and Trophaeum and the Fuerst real estate development (currently the largest real estate project in Germany). He has undertaken over 200 major restructurings including Virgin Active, FTX, Cineworld, Swissport, and Towergate. He has also advised on multi-billion-pound transactions for banks, bondholders, private equity firms, and property developers, landlords and investors. Chris is a respected authority on restructuring law with multiple publications, including Restructuring Law and Practice (LexisNexis, 2008–2022) the leading text in this practice area. As a founding shareholder he brings formidable expertise and experience to our leadership