SVPGlobal Names Sujan Patel as Head of Real Estate News provided by Share this article Share this article GREENWICH, Conn., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Strategic Value Partners, LLC and its affiliates ("SVPGlobal"), a global investment firm focused on distressed debt and private equity opportunities with approximately $10 billion in assets under management, today announced that Sujan Patel has joined the firm as Head of Real Estate. Mr. Patel, who assumed his new role earlier this month, will also serve on SVPGlobal's 16-person Management Council. Prior to joining SVPGlobal, Mr. Patel served as Managing Director and Co-Head of U.S. Investment Management at Colony Capital Inc., which resulted from Colony's purchase of NorthStar Asset Management and NorthStar Realty Finance in January 2017. Mr. Patel cut his teeth in the business at the NorthStar companies, where he served as Managing Director and Co-Head of Investments, working at the firm from 2007 to 2017. At NorthStar, he led over $25 billion in investments across office, hospitality, multi-family, manufactured housing, logistics, retail and other real estate sectors.