Associate, Real Estate Structuring

Ladd & Co.; Dubai; Remote; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage support

Annual learning budget

Flexible work environment

Job summary

The firm, Ladd & Co., seeks an Associate for its Real Estate Structuring practice in Dubai. You will own workstreams across live real estate transactions, underwriting, financing structuring, and diligence coordination under senior supervision.

The role includes acquisition advisory, financing arrangements, and ongoing portfolio coordination across major markets where the firm operates; cross-border deals are common and collaboration across jurisdictions is essential.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years' relevant experience at a leading advisory firm, investment bank, or principal investor.
• Demonstrated workstream ownership on live transactions or mandates.
• Strong technical foundation in the relevant practice area.
• Cross-border execution experience preferred.
• Right to work in the relevant jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

• Associates own workstreams across live real estate transactions, underwriting, financing structuring, diligence coordination, and direct counterparty contact under senior supervision.
• The role spans acquisition advisory, financing arrangement, ownership structure design, and ongoing portfolio coordination.
• Cross-border transactions are the norm; the practice operates across major property markets where the firm has presence.

Skills

Real estate investment banking

Workstream ownership on live deals

Cross-border execution experience

Job description

The firm is recruiting an Associate to its Real Estate Structuring practice. Associates own workstreams across live real estate transactions, underwriting, financing structuring, diligence coordination, and direct counterparty contact under senior supervision.

The role spans acquisition advisory, financing arrangement, ownership structure design, and ongoing portfolio coordination. Cross-border transactions are the norm; the practice operates across the major property markets in which the firm has presence.

Suited to candidates with prior real estate investment banking, principal investing, or debt arrangement experience.

The Firm

Ladd & Co. is a private advisory and investment firm acting for principals, families, and private institutions across M&A, capital placement, structuring, and related mandates. The firm is family owned, operates across nine cities, and does not advertise its work. Clients come to us on a name, and they stay for generations.

Requirements

• 3–6 years' relevant experience at a leading advisory firm, investment bank, or principal investor
• Demonstrated workstream ownership on live transactions or mandates
• Strong technical foundation in the relevant practice area
• Cross-border execution experience preferred
• Right to work in the relevant jurisdiction

Bring your judgement, curiosity and sense of responsibility. Work with colleagues across jurisdictions on matters that shape businesses, ownership and families.

A firm built on trust asks people to take ownership of their work. It also gives them a team and a platform to carry it through.

Freedom with accountability

Work is organised around outcomes and client commitments. There are no timesheets. Agree what needs to happen, keep people informed and deliver it well.

One firm, across borders

The firm works remotely across nine cities. Colleagues coordinate across time zones, bringing different experience to the same client relationship.

The firm behind your work

Firm identity, shared systems, relevant relationships and execution support give people a common foundation for their work.

Support for the whole person

A shared foundation for people working with the firm, with room for different lives and local needs.

A flexible allowance towards health cover, fitness and wellbeing, with access to confidential support when it is needed.

An annual learning budget for relevant courses, professional qualifications and memberships, alongside development through the work itself.

Your working environment

Support for a reliable workspace, suitable equipment and connectivity, so working remotely has a practical foundation.

Time to recharge

Planned time away with coordinated cover and clear handovers. Time-off arrangements that recognise the need for sustained work and a life beyond it.

Family & life support

Confidential guidance and practical resources through family changes, caring responsibilities and the unexpected demands of life.

Financial wellbeing

Independent education and planning resources to help people make informed decisions about their finances and longer-term goals.