Vice President, Real Estate Structuring

Ladd & Co.; Dubai; Remote; AED 881,000 - 1,542,000; Full time

Job summary

Ladd & Co. is recruiting a Vice President for its Real Estate Structuring practice in the United Arab Emirates.

The VP will lead real estate transactions end-to-end, manage acquisition processes, structure financings, and act as the principal client’s day-to-day contact. The role requires deep real estate execution credibility, fluency across financing markets, and the judgment to advise principals on structuring, jurisdiction, and tax implications of significant real estate decisions.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years' relevant experience, including substantive transaction or mandate leadership.
• Established credibility with clients, counterparties, and counsel.
• Track record of independent execution on complex matters.
• Cross-border fluency expected.
• Right to work in the relevant jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

• Lead real estate transactions end-to-end, managing acquisition processes and structuring financings, and serve as the day-to-day contact for principal clients.

Skills

Real estate transactions

Structuring financings

Cross-border experience

Client relationship management

Job description

The firm is recruiting a Vice President to its Real Estate Structuring practice. Vice Presidents lead real estate transactions end-to-end, managing acquisition processes, structuring financings, and serving as the day-to-day point of contact for principal clients.

The role demands genuine real estate execution credibility, fluency across financing markets, and the judgement to advise principals on the structuring, jurisdiction, and tax implications of significant real estate decisions.

Suited to candidates with substantive prior real estate investment banking, debt arrangement, or principal-side 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

• 6-10 years' relevant experience, including substantive transaction or mandate leadership
• Established credibility with clients, counterparties, and counsel
• Track record of independent execution on complex matters
• Cross-border fluency expected
• 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.