Investment Associate | Pan-European Real Estate Special Situations, London
An exceptional opportunity has arisen to join a highly entrepreneurial and rapidly growing real estate investment platform focused on pan-European special situations.
This is a unique opportunity to work alongside an experienced senior leadership team, gaining exposure to the full investment lifecycle across complex, value-driven real estate transactions throughout the UK and Western Europe, including France, Germany, the Benelux region and Southern Europe.
As an Investment Associate, you will play a key role in the origination, underwriting, execution and asset management of investments across a diverse range of special situations opportunities. Working within a lean, high-performing team, you will receive significant responsibility from day one, direct exposure to senior decision-makers and the opportunity to accelerate your career within a growing investment platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Support deal origination, market mapping and pipeline development across the UK and Continental Europe.
- Build and maintain detailed financial models and undertake investment underwriting.
- Coordinate legal, technical, commercial and financial due diligence processes.
- Prepare Investment Committee papers, financial analysis and investment recommendations.
- Support transaction execution through to completion.
- Assist with portfolio reporting, business planning and investor presentations.
Experience & Qualifications
- 2–5 years' experience within real estate private equity, private credit, special situations, restructuring, opportunistic real estate or distressed investing.
- Excellent financial modelling and analytical skills.
- Strong commercial acumen with exceptional attention to detail.
- A genuine interest in special situations, opportunistic investing and complex real estate transactions.
- Ideally, experience investing across the UK and Western European markets, particularly France and Germany.
- Highly motivated, intellectually curious and eager to develop within a fast-growing investment platform.
- Comfortable operating in a dynamic, entrepreneurial and high-performance environment.
- A proactive team player with excellent communication skills, strong integrity and a first-class work ethic.
What's on Offer
- Exposure to high-profile, cross-border investment transactions across Europe.
- Direct mentoring from an experienced senior leadership team.
- Genuine responsibility from day one within a lean investment team.
- Excellent long-term career progression as the platform continues to grow.
- Competitive base salary and performance-related annual bonus.
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