As of 28 June, Samuel Šporka, Head of Leasing at JLL Bratislava branch has become a new member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. With over 130,000 qualified and trainee professionals, RICS promotes and enforces the highest international standards across the built and natural environment.
As Head of Leasing, Samuel manages a team of seven professionals which in the last 18 months helped landlords and tenants to lease more than 120,000 sqm of warehouses and industrial space in Slovakia and secured the largest office leasing transaction in recent years in Bratislava. JLL Slovak leasing teams work with key international and local companies such as Coca Cola, LPP, DSV, Lenovo, SAP and others.
Peter Nitschneider MRICS, Country Manager and Head of Advisory JLL Slovakia, adds: „At JLL, we are committed to investing in our people. With Samuel’s accreditation, we confirm our interest to adopt the highest ethical standards across all sectors in the real estate market including leasing. His entrepreneurial and managerial skills, market knowledge of commercial real estate markets makes him the best go-to person in transaction and advisory services in Slovakia.“
Samuel Šporka MRICS, Head of Leasing in JLL Slovakia, says: „As we grow our leasing team and our client base of significant international players, it is important for me to lead this expansion according to the highest international standards and I believe RICS is the institution to follow. CEE real estate market and especially the leasing sector needs to drive on more transparency and high ethical standards.“
Samuel has over 11 years of experience in the Slovak real estate market. He specializes in the advising tenants and landlords in terms of leasing, acquisition, disposal and development of their commercial real estates. As Head of Leasing, Samuel holds overall responsibility for building and maintaining strong commercial real estate business with existing and new clients in Slovakia. Samuel joined JLL in 2013 and after very successful 2 year period at the Office & Tenant Representation department, he agreed to undertake a great challenge as Head of Industrial Agency to lead one of the key businesses within JLL Slovakia. His whole career Samuel focused on commercial real estate markets and participated in numbers of significant transactions. Before his employment at JLL, Samuel worked as a real estate broker at Realitné Centrum with responsibility for foreign clients and their investment portfolio in Bratislava. He holds a Doctor degree from the Law Faculty of Trnava University (business and civil law).
