Senior Associate, Real Assets

Hamilton Lane•Portland, OR

About The Position

Join Hamilton Lane, a global leader in private markets, as we scale to meet the demands of our growing client base. Here, you’ll work with ambitious, high‑performing teams built on integrity, candor and collaboration, backed by our market-leading data and technology. We invest heavily in our people and our partners, giving you the platform to enrich lives, safeguard futures and grow your career. As one of the largest private markets investment firms globally, we provide innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors around the world, specializing in flexibility and full-spectrum access. We currently employ approximately 800 professionals operating in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East, and have $1.0 trillion in assets under management and supervision, composed of $146.1 billion in discretionary assets and $871.5 billion in non-discretionary assets, as of December 31, 2025. As a Senior Associate, Real Assets, you will assist the deal leaders in performing due diligence on new real estate, infrastructure and natural resources investment opportunities and in monitoring existing investments for consistency to stated strategy, performance, trends and other qualitative and quantitative aspects. You will also be involved in other special projects, as necessary, under the direction of senior investment professionals.

Requirements

4+ years of experience
Strong modeling and quantitative analytical skills
Strong communication and poised presentation skills
Bachelor’s degree
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and measurable success as a strategic thinker are essential to the success of this position
Strong initiative and independent performance are imperative
Ability to present and defend opinions and investment theses
Ability to be self-directed and actively seek out information and resources to complete assignments effectively and efficiently.
Full knowledge of analytics and qualitative factors crucial to real asset investing are imperative
The candidate must be comfortable modeling complex transactions, distribution waterfalls and be familiar with negotiations of partnership documents.

Nice To Haves

Travel Requirements

Responsibilities

Undertake due diligence on primary fund, co-investment and secondary transactions across real asset sectors.
Guide the work of Analysts in the due diligence process, while also assisting the senior members of the Real Assets team with team resource allocation, managing day-to-day aspects of investment analysis, providing oversight of the functional team, and assisting in communication with investment sponsors and clients.
Take a meaningful role in General Partner meetings, asset tours and site visits with senior staff oversight.
Complete special projects, including client projects, industry analysis and geographical studies, as necessary.