Investment Team Associate / Junior Vice President

LeadCrest Capital Partners (“ LeadCrest ”) is the first pan-European private equity real estate firm fully dedicated to sale-leaseback investments. The team comes from a leading global asset and investment management firm where they developed the firm’s sale-leaseback strategy and grew it to become a successful global platform. Today, backed by large preeminent institutional investors, LeadCrest is recognized by investment bankers, real estate brokers, consultants, and advisors as one of the most active sale-leaseback investors across Europe. European companies are increasingly tapping this non-bank financing source to fund their corporate strategy in light of the current macroeconomic environment, high interest rates and volatile capital markets. Part of the Investment Team and reporting to the Managing Director / Portfolio Manager as well as the Heads of Investments, the Associate / Junior VP will gain experience in a broad range of alternative assets investment strategies including private equity (underwriting an industry sector and a company’s strategy), private credit (underwriting a company’s credit), and real estate (underwriting real estate assets and markets). The Associate will gain extensive exposure and experience originating, underwriting, and structuring sale-leaseback investments while working closely with the senior executives of the firm. This role provides an opportunity to take part in dynamic corporate finance transactions in a broad range of industry sectors, including healthcare, industrial, retail, and education among others. LeadCrest has access to proprietary market knowledge, unique sourcing capabilities and the local expertise required to support this person’s growth and development in the sale-leaseback sector and wider alternative assets investment space. Together with senior investment professionals, lead deal origination efforts Responsible for the financial analysis and underwriting process for new investments Perform due diligence and research on potential investments across different real estate asset classes Work directly with senior executives on new projects and initiatives Prepare investment committee memorandums and participate in investment committee meetings Monitor and manage existing investments Conduct various local, national and international market analysis Bachelor’s Degree with a strong GPA (top-tier university alumni preferred) Graduate Degree is a plus 3 years of experience at a leading investment bank or private equity firm Strong corporate finance background, NO real estate experience is required Strong financial modeling skills and fluency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint Full written and spoken proficiency in English Please visit for more information about our company and send your resume and cover letter to careersleadcrestcap.com and reference “ Investment Team Associate / Junior VP ” in the subject line.

Location: Paris, FR

Posted Date: 1/21/2025