JLL/CBRE Debt/Equity Side

I was recommended to go into the debt advisory team at a big shop such as JLL or CBRE. I am curious, do they solely focus on debt financing or do they get to touch the debt and equity side?

I want to see both sides, more interested in the equity side, definitely you don’t want to be pigeonholed into you debt side of the business.

I was told by a very successful man in the industry to start on the debt/equity side if my goal is to go into buy side (acquisitions). But I’m unsure if there is a debt/equity side or if you have to pick debt OR equity.

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This is highly dependent on the team. Some teams only do debt and others also touch equity it kind of depends on how deal flow is and what comes through the door. I would say though that D/E roles don’t pigeon hole you into debt. Good D/E analysts on productive teams can make the jump to the equity side.

 

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This is highly dependent on the team. Some teams only do debt and others also touch equity it kind of depends on how deal flow is and what comes through the door. I would say though that D/E roles don’t pigeon hole you into debt. Good D/E analysts on productive teams can make the jump to the equity side.


Do you really have a say so in what team you end up on or are you kind of stuck in wherever they put you at first?

 

Depends on the firm, team and how they organize themselves. Focus on getting into a team in general and then you can worry about moving to a team with higher deal flow or working on equity engagements if that’s your thing. You don’t really know or understand what the job entails so the strength of the team should be secondary to breaking in.

 

Depends on the firm, team and how they organize themselves. Focus on getting into a team in general and then you can worry about moving to a team with higher deal flow or working on equity engagements if that’s your thing. You don’t really know or understand what the job entails so the strength of the team should be secondary to breaking in.

 

Depends on the firm, team and how they organize themselves. Focus on getting into a team in general and then you can worry about moving to a team with higher deal flow or working on equity engagements if that’s your thing. You don’t really know or understand what the job entails so the strength of the team should be secondary to breaking in.

 

Depends on the firm, team and how they organize themselves. Focus on getting into a team in general and then you can worry about moving to a team with higher deal flow or working on equity engagements if that’s your thing. You don’t really know or understand what the job entails so the strength of the team should be secondary to breaking in.

 

Depends on the firm, team and how they organize themselves. Focus on getting into a team in general and then you can worry about moving to a team with higher deal flow or working on equity engagements if that’s your thing. You don’t really know or understand what the job entails so the strength of the team should be secondary to breaking in.

 

Depends on the firm, team and how they organize themselves. Focus on getting into a team in general and then you can worry about moving to a team with higher deal flow or working on equity engagements if that’s your thing. You don’t really know or understand what the job entails so the strength of the team should be secondary to breaking in.

 

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