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About Cushman & Wakefield plc

Cushman & Wakefield plc (ticker CWK) is a US-listed commercial real estate services company traded on the NYSE in the United States. For French-speaking investors, it is best viewed as one of the major global platforms in commercial real estate advisory and execution, serving owners, occupiers, and investors across office, industrial, retail, logistics, and other professional property segments. The company describes itself as a full-service global commercial real estate firm with more than 100 years of experience, tracing its origins to New York more than a century ago, while its corporate headquarters is in Chicago. That combination of US roots and global reach is central to its investment case. Cushman & Wakefield’s business is organized around several complementary service lines. The core activities include Leasing, Capital Markets, Services, and Valuation and other. In 2024, the company renamed its Property, Facilities and Project Management line to Services, but the economics and scope of the business remained unchanged. This structure makes the group a diversified commercial real estate intermediary and service provider rather than a simple brokerage firm. It earns fees from tenant representation, landlord leasing, investment sales, debt and equity advisory, valuation, property and facilities services, and project management. In practice, this gives the company exposure to multiple points in the real estate cycle. In competitive terms, Cushman & Wakefield is a top-tier global competitor alongside other international CRE advisory firms. Its scale is meaningful: recent company materials cite roughly 53,000 employees and more than 350 offices worldwide, with a footprint spanning nearly 60 countries. That geographic breadth supports multinational occupiers and investors that want one platform across regions. The firm’s brand is especially relevant in large, complex transactions where cross-border execution, market intelligence, and local expertise matter. Recent company disclosures indicate improving momentum. Full-year 2024 results showed stronger capital markets activity, continued leasing growth, and better free cash flow generation. In 2025, management reported continued organic growth, margin improvement, and debt paydowns, including additional voluntary prepayments on term loans. That messaging suggests a more disciplined balance-sheet posture and a stronger operating trend as commercial real estate markets gradually stabilize. For investors, CWK remains a cyclical but globally diversified real estate services name with direct leverage to transaction volumes, leasing demand, and capital market activity across the United States and abroad.