2026 Off-Cycle Internship (Milan)

Overview
Eastdil Secured is the largest independent commercial real estate investment bank in the world, by volume, with nearly $3 trillion in completed transactions over the past 15 years. We uniquely combine commercial real estate and capital markets expertise to provide clients with advisory services for all major markets, transaction types, and asset classes. As a privately held firm with significant employee investment, we thrive on our intelligence-driven team, state-of-the-art technology, and collaboration across twenty-one offices and three continents. Our collective experience, expertise, and resources provide us with the ability to successfully execute the world’s most impactful transactions in the capital markets.

Job Description

We are looking for an intern to start in June 2026 with our European Equity Team, based in Milan. The intern will collaborate closely with our teams in London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Dublin.

The intern will support the ongoing activities of the Milan office, working on both equity and debt transactions.

The internship will be six months beginning in June and ending in December 2026.

The Intern will have the opportunity to:

• Work closely with senior team members on presentations and financial analysis


• Assist the team in underwriting for asset sales/acquisitions, recapitalization of platforms and debt placement (financing/refinancing) across all property types


• Perform comprehensive and in-depth company, real estate, and market analysis


• Due diligence collection and review


• Create pitches, proposals, and marketing materials


• Participate in client interactions to gain exposure to key executives, investors and senior bankers

Qualifications

Preferred qualifications

• Candidates must demonstrate a combination of strong academic aptitudes, quantitative skills, personal motivation, and distinguished written and oral communication skills. It is strongly preferred that your background includes:


• Dedication to building a career in the financial services industry, ideally with a focus on real estate finance


• Proven skills & knowledge in finance and mathematics


• Willingness to work hard in a demanding and highly focused environment


• Energetic self-starter who is flexible, organized, conscientious, proactive, and detail-oriented


• Strong sense of personal accountability and urgency for achieving results


• Ability to work in different project teams with juniors and seniors executives


• An excellent knowledge of Excel, Powerpoint and Word


• Fluent in Italian and English language; other languages are a plus


• Experience in real estate finance is a plus, but not a must-have

Minimum qualifications

A Bachelor and/or Master degree with academic distinction and coursework in economics, financial accounting, corporate finance and/or real estate from a Tier-1 University or Business School

Ideally, professional experience through internships, part-time or full-time work and/or extra-curricular activities in corporate finance, private equity or real estate

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Application Instructions – Written Responses Required

In addition to your CV, you are required to answer three (3) short prompts as part of your application. Each response must be a minimum of 200 words.

You are welcome to submit a cover letter, but the short answers are mandatory. If you choose to include a cover letter, please combine your cover letter and short-answer responses into a single document before uploading.

Applications submitted without completed short answers will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed. You will not be permitted to submit a second application.

Please answer all three of the following prompts:

1. Identify a recent trend or market shift in real estate that caught your attention. How would you explain its significance to a client or investor?


2. Describe a time you encountered a challenging problem, academic, professional, or personal. How did you approach solving it?


3. What’s the most constructive feedback you’ve received, and how did you respond to it?

If you are ready to apply, please submit your CV, your responses to the three short-answer prompts, and an optional cover letter through BambooHR’s online system.