When the pandemic hit, Quantum Corp's real estate team moved fast. Under its then Real Estate leader, the company shifted to a hybrid workplace model and began aggressively restructuring its global portfolio of offices and data centers across the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, France, Australia, Malaysia, India, and Korea. The strategy centered on flex spaces—triggering a wave of renegotiations, expansions, contractions, renewals, subleases, and assignments as the team worked to right-size its footprint.
The complexity was significant. Flex leasing means landlord-standard forms are the norm, and every agreement came loaded with landlord-favorable terms, non-standard clauses, and buried obligations. With deals moving fast across multiple jurisdictions, the real estate team and in-house counsel had no efficient way to understand the rights and obligations sitting inside each agreement. Critical details were easy to miss, and the risk of unfavorable exposure grew with every new deal.
Then the team lost two key people—including the RE leader who had been driving the strategy. Andrew Wynne, FMP, stepped into the Global Workplace Services, Real Estate & Facilities role and inherited a complex global portfolio mid-stream, with active deals in flight, no transition documentation, and no institutional knowledge passed along.
Quantum had already adopted Bryckel to bring clarity and control to its lease portfolio—and that decision proved critical when the leadership transition hit. The platform was the central place where the real estate team and in-house counsel could instantly understand the rights and obligations embedded in every agreement, across every market.
For Wynne, Bryckel was the difference between being underwater and being operational from day one. He came into this role cold with no handover, no documentation trail, and active deals everywhere. "Within days, I had full visibility into our global portfolio. Bryckel completely transformed how we manage our commercial real estate", Andrew said.
The platform made it effortless to pick up where his predecessor left off—evaluating lease terms ahead of renegotiations, flagging unfavorable clauses in landlord-drafted agreements, and moving quickly on expansions, contractions, and sublease opportunities. Complex legal language was broken down into plain English, giving the team and counsel the confidence to act decisively on every deal without missing a beat.
Seamless leadership transition—what could have been a months-long ramp-up became operational clarity from day one.
Portfolio right-sized without losing momentum—subleases, assignments, and renewals executed with full visibility into rights and obligations.
Millions saved in projected rent expense, with costly holdover penalties avoided.
Dramatically reduced reliance on outside counsel for routine lease interpretation.
KPIs delivered on budget and hybrid strategy, with the team now operating faster, leaner, and with complete command of its global real estate obligations.
"Bryckel's AI-powered platform has completely transformed how we manage our commercial real estate. The insights it provides into leases and deals are incredibly valuable, and handling our global portfolio has never been easier."
Andrew Wynne | Global Facilities Manager, Quantum
