About
VIGA Real Estate
Viga was founded in 2021 by Niels Heering, Kristian Vinther and Swiss Finance & Property Group AG (SFP Group) and is a specialised Danish real estate asset manager with a strong track record registered with the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (FAIF).
Viga has DKK 10.7bn (~EUR 1.4bn) in assets under management (AUM). All property management is handled by Norhjem Administration A/S, which is owned 50% by Viga RE Management.
Discretionary funds: Out of the total AUM, DKK 3.1bn (~EUR 415mn) is managed discretionary through Viga’s residential strategies (Viga I and Viga II). This corresponds to a leasable area of ~65,000 sqm distributed across ~937 units. In addition to executing on discretionary mandates, Viga’s local team monitor the market to identify opportunities with substantial value creation potential. Most recently, Viga has entered into a JV partnership with Pictet to complete the acquisition of Project Gateway comprising 534 residential units (15 commercial units) distributed across 11 buildings on the border of Copenhagen.
In 2024, Viga originated EUR 200mn in real estate mezzanine loans in the Nordic market.
Viga has 33 real estate professionals employed within property management (21) and asset/investment management (12). In total Viga/Norhjem manages ~348,000 sqm distributed across 5,271 units.
Viga/Norhjem has local offices across the country in Aalborg, Aarhus, Odense, Roskilde and Copenhagen.
Board members
Viga Partners
Viga Re managment
Bordmember Viga Re A/S
Chairman of Jeudan from 1994-2014 where he helped grow the asset base from DKK 0.3bn to DKK 19bn. Niels was actively involved in all investment decisions, restructuring and setting up investment guidelines.
Niels reviewed all investments (and divestments) together with the management team and would personally visit all material acquisitions
Chairman of M. Goldschmidt, one of the largest privately owned real estate companies in Copenhagen (2015-2020)
Appointed by the Central Bank of Denmark and ‘Finansiel Stabilitet’ to restructure banks that had failed during the financial crisis due to mismanagement of real estate exposure (2008-2011)
40 years at leading Danish law firm, Gorrissen Federspiel (GF), which he joined after graduating from the University of Copenhagen in 1981 (Cand.Jur). He served as managing partner (2003-2010) and chairman (2010-2015). At GF he was also responsible for completing the iconic Axel Tower in Copenhagen and landlord negotiations. GF leases 14,500 sqm out of 17,000
Niels left GF in 2021 to join Danske Bank as Senior General Counsel
nh@vigarealestate.com
Viga Partners
Viga Re Managment
10 years at Goldman Sachs with focus on debt capital markets and wealth management
Founder of NICG (Nordic Insurance Consolidation Group) in 2014, which acquired Skandia Liv A and
Liv B (renamed Norli Pension)
3.5 yrs at a global family owned business. Responsible for portfolio optimisation, acquisitions, implementation and CEO
Optimisation, acquisition and structuring of multiple real estate portfolios and transactions in Denmark
In total more than 20 years of capital markets and M&A/corporate finance execution experience
Graduated as Cand.Polit (MSc. Economics) from the University of Copenhagen in 2001
kgv@vigarealestate.com
Viga Partners
Co-Founder SFP Group AG
2001 Co-founder and shareholder of Swiss Finance & Property Ltd
Vice-President of the Board of Directors SFP Group AG
Member of the Foundation Board SFP Investment Foundation
From 2018 to 2022, CEO SF Urban Properties Ltd
From 1998 to 2001 Partner of Swiss Capital Alternative Investments AG, Property Marketing & Sales
From 1993 to 1998 UBS AG, responsible for trading and selling securities for Swiss shares for institutional customers and qualified private customers; previously UBS training programme
Kaufmann EFZ, SIX Swiss Exchange trader’s licence
schenker@sfp.ch
Viga Re A/S
+20 Years in Danish Banking focusing on wealth management, accounting and business development.
Co-founder and CEO with Clearhaus. Clearhaus was the first Danish Payment Institute and with acquiring license from Visa and MasterCard. Clearhaus was recently sold in the largest Danish Fintech transaction to date.
Partner in proVeo Group and CEO of proVeo. proVeo specializes in assisting hnwi-investors getting the best possible risk-adjusted return for their portfolios based on a holistic approach.
Established an alternative investment fund focusing on property, solar, windpower and other renewables
elsberg@proveo.dk
Viga Re A/S
Vivian Brunner has been a member of the Executive Board of Beisheim Management AG in Baar since 2015 and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Beisheim Management AG since 2019.
Previously, he spent thirty years in leadership positions in banking, including at UBS, ZKB, and Julius Bär, working in investment and asset management strategies in Switzerland. Before joining Beisheim, he spent his final twelve years in executive management at Thurgauer Kantonalbank, where he was responsible for the Private Banking business segment. His professional career also includes work for a single family office.
He entered the banking sector via a banking internship following his secondary school graduation, which was supplemented by further education in the USA as well as leadership training in Switzerland.
Viga Re A/S
Viga Re II A/S
Cg@vigarealestate.com
Viga RE II A/S
Ar@vigarealestate.com
Viga Re II A/S
Viga Re II A/S
Team
Financial controller
ESG Specialist