At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our Debt Capital Market team to source and execute debt financing for real assets.
- Company: Ares, a leading firm with a collaborative and inclusive culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career development, and a welcoming work environment.
- Other info: Ongoing applications accepted; great opportunity for career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the exciting world of European real assets financing.
- Qualifications: 6+ years in commercial real assets financing and strong analytical skills.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.
Ares is seeking to recruit a Senior Associate within the Debt Capital Market team in London. The Team is responsible for sourcing and executing debt financing for the firm’s European real assets equity strategies. The successful candidate will have proven CRE debt experience and be familiar with related (1) secured loan and security finance documentation as well as (2) interest rate hedging and (3) transactional banking matters. Working with internal and external CRE debt stakeholders, the role will involve assisting with the origination of new loan facilities for equity strategies, pro-actively providing advice on issues regarding loan performance and identifying refinance opportunities.
Primary Functions And Essential Responsibilities
- Assist lead originators throughout the new borrowing lifecycle in the delivery of RFPs, lender correspondence, modelling, facility agreement/security documentation negotiation and drawdown process.
- Maintain and provide advice and recommendations on issues relating to watch-listed and non-performing loans.
- Conduct forward-looking monitoring and assessment of loan performance, comparing against underwriting standards and business plans.
- Support lender credit function in providing information relating to any concession/waiver requests from the borrower, including advice and recommendations.
- Acting liaison between internal and external parties (including legal, valuers, property management companies, lenders, etc.).
- Monitoring market developments and trends including providing analysis of impact on the bank’s facilities, development and implementation of facility-specific measures in critical facilities.
- Ad-hoc exposure to projects to improve ongoing loan and hedge reporting or transactional banking opportunities.
Qualifications
- At least 6 years of experience in commercial real assets financing in Europe.
- Expertise in debt due diligence and transaction management.
- Experience in underwriting and/or managing performing and non-performing loans but also granular property knowledge.
- Familiarity with LMA structured finance.
- Excellent time management, organizational skills, and the ability to work autonomously.
- Strong analytical, written, verbal, and critical thinking skills.
- Proficiency in MS suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as market research services.
- Knowledge of European languages (German, Dutch, Italian, French, or other) is advantageous.
There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.
Senior Associate, European Real Assets Debt Capital Markets employer: Ares Management
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