Walker Layne is a managing director of Capital Markets | Real Estate Finance at Walker & Dunlop and is based in Charleston, South Carolina. In this role, he is responsible for sourcing and structuring equity capital and debt financing transactions for commercial real estate assets nationwide. He has nearly 25 years of fixed income and equity experience within the financial services industry.

Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Layne served as a vice president at Medalist Capital, a commercial real estate financial services firm specializing in mortgage banking, investment advisory, and defeasance services. Earlier in his career, he was a member of the Prime Financing Group at Credit Suisse, where for nearly six years he was responsible for financing hedge fund portfolios and executing leveraged swap transactions across various equity products.

Layne earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and management from Appalachian State University and a master's degree in business and finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Outside the company, he serves on the board of directors for Charleston Waterkeeper, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring Charleston’s waterways.