Managing Director, Real Estate at The Blackstone Group
Leon Volchyok is the Global Deputy General Counsel for Real Estate. Mr. Volchyok plays a key role in the structuring, launch and operations of the Real Estate group’s public and individual investor focused vehicles and serves as the Chief Legal Officer for Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) and Blackstone European Property Income Fund (BEPIF). Mr. Volchyok is also involved in a number of other product development initiatives throughout the firm. Mr. Volchyok is the prior chairman of the Board for the Institute for Portfolio Alternatives and on the Executive Committee of NAREIT’s Public Non-listed REIT Council.
Mr. Volchyok received a BBA from Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business and a JD from Fordham Law School.