Associate - Lease Advisory

Job Description: Hilco Real Estate (“HRE”) has an immediate opening in its Northbrook, IL office for an associate to join its industry-leading commercial lease advisory/corporate restructuring team. HRE represents healthy, stressed and distressed multi-location tenants, providing strategic advisory and transactional services including negotiating and repositioning over 60,000 leases over the past 20 years, to helping companies improve leverage and cash flow by minimizing costs and mitigating lease liability. This individual will play a key role in business development and revenue generation, leading industry and company research initiatives and working on current engagements and prospective opportunities. We are seeking candidates with a mastery of Excel (for both lead generation purposes and lease/portfolio data analysis/management); a team member with this skillset will enhance the efficiency and productivity of Hilco Real Estate’s lease negotiators. Strong performance within this entrepreneurial and growing group presents the opportunity for sharp near-term career growth. Job Responsibilities: Working with senior team members, proactively and creatively lead industry and company research and analyze businesses and their real estate portfolio dynamics in an effort to generate/foster business development opportunities Provide analytical support to the lease advisory team. Responsible for analyzing commercial real estate lease portfolio data, in addition to researching clients, markets, and assessing broader industry dynamics Leverage all available resources to capture and accurately summarize information, allowing dealmakers and account managers to make informed business decisions, optimize client relationships and maintain a strong presence in the marketplace Serve in a key client relationship role, interacting with Fortune 500 business executives and real estate and restructuring industry leaders A variety of other consultative and transaction-specific projects as assigned Qualifications: Technically proficient; fluent with Microsoft Office suite (mastery of Excel required) with the ability to quickly dissect, comprehend, and present relevant lease, property, market and industry-related data Strong organizational, analytical and critical thinking abilities, with proven problem-solving skills and attention to detail Ideal candidate must be a self-starter and quick study with an entrepreneurial spirit Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills, and ability to work effectively in teams Self-confidence and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment with tight deadlines A desire and capacity to support both the business development and ongoing client management processes Undergraduate degree is required. Background in commercial real estate is preferred, and legal background is a plus Opportunity: Join an entrepreneurial, successful real estate team that has conducted thousands of transactions worth billions of dollars Gain exposure into other Hilco Real Estate competencies including property sales, real estate investments, asset management and strategic advisory Minimal travel involved (client meetings) Hilco Global is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Hilco Global (www.hilcoglobal.com) is a privately held diversified financial services company and the world's preeminent authority on maximizing the value of assets for both healthy and distressed companies. Hilco Global financial services leverage a unique blend of deep restructuring and advisory experience with capital solutions and principal investing. Hilco Global delivers customized solutions to undervalued, high potential companies to resolve complex and stressed situations and enhance long-term enterprise value. Hilco Global operates as a holding company comprised of over twenty specialized business units that work to help companies understand the value of their assets and as needed monetize the value. Hilco Global has almost 4 decades of a successful track record of acting as an advisor, agent, investor and/or principal in any transaction. Hilco Global works to deliver the best possible result by aligning interests with clients and providing them strategic insight, advice, and, in many instances, the capital required to complete the deal. Hilco Global is based in Northbrook, Illinois and has 700 professionals operating on five continents and has large offices located in Boston, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia within the USA.

Salary : $47,200 - $59,800