Director - Real Estate Debt Advisory
- Recruiter
- Caravel Search
- Location
- London
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 21 Feb 2017
- Closes
- 28 Feb 2017
- Sectors
- Surveying & Property
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client is a full-service real estate finance advisory and principal investment firm.
The firm's core business is arranging and structuring senior debt finance for property investment and development projects.
In addition, the firm offers its clients access to mezzanine finance and joint venture equity from a range of capital providers.
In the past twelve months, the firm successfully completed 40 transactions totalling approximately GBP750m and since 2003 has financed over GBP7 billion of property investment and development projects in the UK and Europe.
Since 2009 they have also co-invested or participated in investment and development projects and special situations with target exit values in excess of GBP100million.
Job Description
Our client are seeking an experienced real estate financier to help support the firm's continued expansion in the UK and Europe.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Performing the underwriting, structuring and closing process of prospective real estate finance transactions.
- Origination of new lending opportunities across the UK and Europe; including both senior and mezzanine opportunities across a range of property asset classes.
The Candidate
- A minimum of eight years' relevant experience in real estate finance working for a leading bank, alternate lender or debt advisor.
- Proven track record of underwriting and closing transactions.
- Strong commercial acumen and ability to think creatively when structuring more opportunistic debt transactions.
- Strong analytical skills and capacity to quickly provide sound judgement on a variety of credit issues.
- Network of relevant market contacts.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Willingness to work in a small team and buy into the firm's entrepreneurial culture.