Real Estate Private Equity – Investment & Asset Management Associate

Company Overview

Meadow Partners is an independent, privately owned real estate investment and asset management firm that manages a series of top-quartile closed-end private equity funds and separate accounts on behalf of institutional investors.

The firm was founded in 2009 by Jeffrey M. Kaplan, a 25-year veteran of institutional real estate investment and previously Managing Principal and Co-Chairman of the Investment Committee of Westbrook Partners.

Mr. Kaplan and his two partners, J. Andrew McDaniel, based in London, and Timothy P. Yantz, based in New York City, have been responsible for the acquisition and ongoing asset management of $26 billion of real estate assets located in the United States, Europe and Asia through over 250 separate transactions.

Since inception, Meadow Partners has raised in excess of $1 billion of equity for its investment strategies and has acquired more than $3 billion of real estate assets in its target markets of New York City, Washington, D.C., London, and Paris with a focus on value-add office, residential, retail, and hotel properties.

About the Role

Key responsibilities include:

• The creation of complex financial cashflow and valuation models
• Underwriting potential transactions, preparing investment papers and presenting to the Investment Committee
• Asset management of fund investments, including developing and executing business plans, and managing relationships with joint venture partners and third-party service providers
• Assisting with deal execution including working with brokers, legal, technical, tax and financial advisors
• Assisting with the sourcing, evaluating, negotiating and structuring of potential deals
• Preparation of quarterly and annual reporting
• Creating pitches, proposal and marketing materials
• Maintaining an excellent knowledge of market conditions, investment vehicles and any regulation which may impact the sector or any specific investment

About the Candidate

We are seeking an associate with 1 - 3 years’ of real estate, corporate finance, hedge fund or investment banking experience and with a strong quantitative skillset. Given the entrepreneurial nature of the team, we are seeking a dynamic and self-starting candidate who is able to work autonomously and has excellent organisational skills.

The candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications will ideally include:

• 1 - 3 years’ of real estate maximum, corporate finance, hedge fund or investment banking experience and ideally with transactional experience
• Strong academic pedigree with a MSc or equivalent professional qualification preferred
• Highly numerate with excellent financial and/or real estate analytical skills including an understanding of financial statements, capital structures and real estate financing and taxation
• Experience in complex financial modelling
• Strategic mindset and the ability to communicate effectively to a highly sophisticated investment organization in a concise and precise manner (fluent oral and written English is essential)
• Team player with a professional work attitude, sense of humour and ability to work to deadlines
• Able to work effectively and efficiently in a highly data driven environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact with those from a variety of disciplines

Please contact info@meadowpartners.com for more information.