Senior Executive - M&A Advisory (Real Estate) - London in City of London

Location: London

Date: 1 Apr 2026

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The opportunity

EY is seeking a Senior Executive (Manager) to join the London office of its growing M&A practice, to support with real estate transaction execution, joint venture structuring, capital raising and deal origination. The team has a strong local reputation and regularly closes high profile transactions. It advises clients on strategic reviews, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, mergers, and capital raisings with a particular focus on equity led transactions and investor engagement within the real estate sector and currently has a healthy book of live deals and near-term opportunities.

Our Real Estate M&A business is experiencing growth, regularly closing high profile M&A sell-side, buy-side and equity capital raising transactions (including joint ventures, club deals and restructurings), supporting a range of clients including listed companies, privately owned companies, private equity firms, institutions and public sector organisations. Our work is focused on UK and European transactions, regularly involving international and cross-border projects. Team members will also have the opportunity to be involved in transactions across the wider EY Corporate Finance business, including our restructuring practice.

As a member of our dynamic and diverse team, you will receive both formal and on-the-job learning from sector experts, which will help you to develop the skills needed to become an effective advisor across both transaction execution and capital structuring mandates. This is a rare opportunity for an experienced candidate to join a market leading, entrepreneurial team that works with leading clients in the UK and globally.

Your key responsibilities

• Corporate Finance Senior Executives (Managers) play a key role in the team and advise on a wide variety of corporate and asset level transactions, interacting with clients and other professionals such as bankers and lawyers.
• They take a lead role in overseeing / managing transactions and elements of transactions on a day-to-day basis, being closely involved in deal negotiation.
• Main responsibilities include:

• Taking responsibility for projects from start to finish covering all transaction stages from initial proposal right through to completion.
• Acting as a main point of contact for clients during the transaction process.
• Overseeing the work of project teams and coordinating various work streams.
• Supporting on equity capital raising processes and joint venture structuring discussions, including equity splits, promote structures and return mechanics.
• Leading and managing the delivery of high-quality transaction documentation.
• Coaching and contributing to the development of junior team members.
• Originating new opportunities and further developing your own business network.

Skills and attributes for success

The successful candidate will demonstrate a passion for the Real Estate industry and the growth of our business. The selected individual will have a proven track record in real estate transaction execution, with exposure to capital markets and capital raising transactions. Team-building acumen and experience will be vital, as we intend to expand the team to support this crucial appointment.

We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated, commercially minded, and have a passion for real estate and transaction advisory. We are keen to help you develop your career and long-term ambition is something that we love to see in our team. Providing you with the platform to succeed is therefore key to us.

We would expect interested applicants to be able to demonstrate the following attributes:

• Significant experience of working in real estate transaction advisory, including playing a lead role in executing transactions.
• Experience in equity capital raising and joint venture structuring, advising on appropriate levels of investor and sponsor returns.
• Demonstrate confidence in client situations, gaining client acceptance and demonstrating value through advice and insight.
• Sound commercial judgement and an ability to generate creative solutions to problems and 'think on your feet'.
• Demonstrate strong financial acumen and a solid understanding of financial statements.
• Experience of structuring and modelling the financial implications of transactions.
• Research and analysis of key value drivers at a market and business level.
• Researching and profiling potential acquisition targets and prospective buyers and presenting the strategic rationale for potential transactions.
• Experience of valuation analysis, including trading multiples, transaction multiples and DCF modelling.
• Ability to convert analysis into various outputs to present results in a clear and concise manner.
• Preparation of pitch documentation, client reports and key documentation for fund-raising, acquisitions and disposals including information memoranda and business plans.
• Ability to manage junior team members.
• Strong time management skills, including informing the team of progress and highlighting any issues (as appropriate).
• Ability to identify potential deal opportunities. Pro-actively building and developing a network of internal and external relationships amongst professional intermediaries, private equity houses, corporate targets and clients.

What we look for:

• High degree of personal drive and motivation to succeed.
• Ability to learn quickly and keep abreast of developments.
• A minimum of 3 years of Real Estate Corporate Finance, capital markets or related transaction focused experience.
• Ability to build financial models to simulate transactions.
• Strong organisational and project management skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with individuals, organisations and clients.
• Ability to manage tight deadlines.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• A desire to undertake business development.
• A demonstrable track record in structuring real estate transactions and an interest in how transactions are funded.
• A professional qualification (e.g. MRICS, ACAC or equivalent).

What we offer you

At EY, we will develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world‑class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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