Derrick B. Gruner

Chief Capital Markets Officer & General CounselChief Capital Markets Officer & General Counsel Realworld Asset Group at Real World Asset

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Derrick B. Grüner is a C-Level executive with decades of experience in real estate finance, acquisition, asset management, and capital markets. During the last eleven years, he served as General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Investment Officer (capital markets). Mr. Gruner was instrumental in raising over a quarter of a billion dollars in new capital between 2021 and 2022. Prior to stepping into executive leadership, he was a partner at a large AV-rated east coast law firm where he represented lenders, private equity, investors, borrowers, owners, developers, operators, and contractors.

Mr. Grüner is a recognized thought leader in the field. He is frequently invited to moderate and present at industry conferences throughout the United States, is published, quoted, and featured in a variety of publications and trade journals. Mr. Grüner is a member of the Leadership Los Angeles Class of 2014, was a Greater Miami Chamber Board Member, Chair of the Chamber’s influential International Consular Corps Committee, and a member of the Leadership Miami Class of 2009. He is also a 2005 Alumni of Leadership Jacksonville and for five years served on the Board of Directors of Inside/Outside, a youth diversionary program. He is a member of the Florida Bar and admitted to practice in California as Registered In-House Counsel.