Laurie Woolmer is a Partner within Townsend’s Special Situations Group. Mr. Woolmer focuses on deploying Townsend’s discretionary fund and separate account capital through programmatic joint ventures, LP and GP-led secondaries, recapitalizations and through co-investments. In addition to sourcing, structuring and underwriting new acquisition, he also has significant asset management and portfolio management responsibilities.

Mr. Woolmer started his career at BNP Paribas in London, before moving to work in the Corporate Finance arm of CBRE. Immediately prior to joining The Townsend Group, Mr. Woolmer worked at Private Equity Secondary firm Landmark Partners, where he worked on acquiring secondary positions in European closed ended fund structures.

Mr. Woolmer earned a BSc from the University of Bristol, has an MSc in Real Estate Finance and is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.