LOS ANGELES-Tom Cherry has joined JLL as managing director, focusing on corporate solutions, tenant representation and complex land and building sales. He joins the company with associate Nick Niemann. Cherry brings 25 years of experience to JLL, most recently working as SVP at CB Richard Ellis. During his impressive career he has helped facilitate more than 35 million square feet of assignments in 37 states and 12 countries. We sat down with the newly named managing director to talk about the latest corporate tenant trends.

GlobeSt.com: What are your goals in this new position?

Tom Cherry: JLL already has a very robust and very strong platform. We are looking to supplement it where appropriate. JLL is the premier firm in the field at transacting on behalf of clients that have a multinational portfolio. This provides us with an opportunity in L.A. to discuss a different methodology in working with the multinational companies that are headquartered here. This is really a fresh start for us. We are looking to expand and grow the platform by going after the companies that will benefit from the proposition that JLL offers.