Credit Suisse has hired Jefferies' European head of lodging and gaming to be a co-head of its resurgent real estate business in Europe, a unit that has just climbed back into the top 10 rankings for the sector

Steffen Doyle, who joined Jefferies in 2011 from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, will become co-head of the bank's real estate group in Europe, the Middle East and Africa from June 1, according to an internal memo seen by Financial News.