IRR: Integrity, Relationships and Results
The core of JER Partners’ investment philosophy is the belief that higher
returns can be achieved through the identification of market mispricings and the
execution of the most appropriate strategies to capitalize on them.
The Company is built around our unwavering commitment to maintain integrity, build
relationships and maximize results.
Leadership at Every Level
Strong leadership and organizational depth
- JER Partners’ senior management team is led by Joseph E. Robert, Jr. a respected
leader and innovator in the real estate industry who founded the firm 28 years ago.
- 62 experienced real estate professionals across JER Partners’ integrated acquisitions
and asset management process.
- 32 finance and accounting specialists aid in transaction execution, underwriting
and risk management.
Extensive relationships and deal sourcing contacts
- JER Partners has developed an extensive network of relationships with commercial
and investment banks, opportunity funds, institutional investors, operating partners,
borrowers, brokerage companies, law firms and other professionals who facilitate
the company’s sourcing of proprietary transaction flow.
Complex deal structuring and underwriting expertise
- JER Partners has structured numerous complex investments with multiple real estate,
legal, financial and tax issues across the US, Europe, Latin America, Russia and
select other emerging markets.
Superior client relations programs
- JER Partners has served as a fiduciary to nearly 120 institutional investors and
high-net-worth individuals, including many of the world’s most significant
public and corporate pension funds, endowments and financial institutions.
- JER Partners prides itself on its strong communications programs and attentive personal
service through annual meetings, regular newsletters and conference calls, performance
and financial reports, and a dedicated, secure and user-friendly website for JER
Partners investors around the clock needs.
- JER Partners’ client relations team and senior officers are often available
by telephone to personally address investors questions and to provide background
information where appropriate.
Competitive Advantage
Significant distressed asset management and principal investment experience
- Acquired and/or managed more than $10 billion in primarily distressed real estate
assets on behalf of government entities and prominent financial institutions.
- Senior management team whose members have led acquisition and asset management programs
for JER Partners through several market cycles.
- Experienced and integrated team of acquisition and asset management professionals.
A long track record and a history of investment performance
- JER Partners has a long standing track record of being a leading investor in real
estate and real estate-related assets throughout the US.
- From 1991 to 1997, J.E. Robert Companies invested its own capital, together with
substantial third party institutional capital, to acquire over 75 portfolios and
other investments comprised largely of sub-performing and non-performing mortgage
loans and real estate. JER Partners benefits from this experience.
- Since 1997, JER Partners has managed ten private equity funds with committed capital
of $4.8 billion.
Leading special servicer and investor of CMBS
- As a firm, J.E. Robert Companies helped establish the US CMBS market, and over the
past 18 years has been a Special Servicer, investor, issuer, public REIT manager
and private equity fund manager.
- J.E. Robert Companies is one of the leading Special Servicers of CMBS in the US
and maintains high special servicer rating classifications from S&P and Fitch.
Value-creation strategies through intensive asset management
- J.E. Robert Companies has invested in more than 15,000 assets in the past 18 years.
- Our asset management team has considerable experience in complex situations such
as multiple asset bankruptcies and loan restructurings.
Active risk management
- JER Partners has a comprehensive risk management program for investments at the
asset and portfolio levels.
- JER Partners seeks multiple exit strategies in order to balance and mitigate portfolio
risk across geographies and property sectors.
- Limits transaction risk beginning with the initial structuring and the immediate
sale of non-core assets.
- Interest rate and currency hedging strategies are implemented where deemed appropriate.