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Preferred Equity & JV Capital

Structured capital for every asset class.

Preferred equity, mezzanine, and joint venture capital are defined by where they sit in the capital stack and by the remedies they carry, not by the property they finance. We structure and place that capital behind senior debt and ahead of common equity, on the same mechanics in every asset class we cover, in the US and the UK.

All Asset Classes
Coverage
Pref, Mezz & JV Equity
Capital
Between Senior & Common
Position
US & UK
Markets

Market Commentary

Where the capital is, right now.

US

United States

Preferred equity and mezzanine sit between senior debt and common equity, and the same mechanics govern a multifamily recapitalization, an office repositioning, an industrial development, a retail acquisition, and a hotel refinancing. Sizing runs off the combined position: last-dollar leverage, combined coverage, and combined debt yield, with the binding test setting proceeds. Where agency or CMBS loan documents prohibit subordinate debt, preferred equity fills the gap because it is an equity interest rather than a lien. Hard pay carries a fixed current return and a redemption date; accruing structures preserve current coverage for the senior. Joint venture and LP capital sits in the common position, and any change of control on a trigger event requires the senior lender's recognition.

UK

United Kingdom

UK structured capital reaches the same position by different means, across build-to-rent, offices, logistics, retail, and hotels. There is no US-style LLC, so priority returns sit in the shareholders' agreement or partnership waterfall of an English company, limited partnership, or Jersey unit trust. Mezzanine is a loan to a holding company secured by a charge over the shares in the property-owning entity, ranking behind the senior lender under an LMA intercreditor agreement with cure and purchase rights. Assets sit in SPVs, so an exit can be a share sale rather than an asset purchase.

Capital Sources

Active lenders for preferred equity & jv capital.

The lenders who are actually transacting today, by capital type and typical profile.

Preferred equity funds

Priority-return capital senior to common equity, structured soft, mandatory, or hard pay. Remedies are contractual through the joint venture operating agreement rather than a lien on the asset.

Mezzanine lenders

Subordinate debt secured by a pledge of the equity interests in the property-owning borrower, interest-only by convention and repaid at exit. Requires an executed intercreditor agreement with the senior lender.

JV equity partners

Programmatic and single-asset joint venture capital that funds common equity behind a sponsor, compensated through the distribution waterfall and the sponsor promote. Deployed on acquisitions, development, and recapitalizations across every asset class.

LP and institutional equity

Limited partner capital behind a general partner, from pensions, insurers, and sovereign investors, sized against a promote waterfall and stated return hurdles.

Family offices

Flexible capital for complex, time-sensitive situations, including rescue preferred equity, recapitalizations, and note purchases where speed and certainty of execution are decisive.

Execution

What we place.

Sector-specific execution across the full capital stack, structured around the business plan rather than a template.

Last-dollar sizing on the combined position: attach and detach points, combined leverage, combined coverage, and combined debt yield

Current-pay versus accrued (PIK) structuring to preserve senior debt service coverage

Hard, mandatory, and soft pay preferred equity structured to the senior loan documents

Minimum-multiple and lookback-IRR payoff protection set at the redemption date

Intercreditor and recognition agreements executed with the senior lender before close

Exit testing that confirms the full stack, not only the senior loan, can be refinanced or sold at maturity

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Quarterly sector commentary, capital stack benchmarks, and selected transaction highlights.

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