Real Estate Intern January 2026 I Spain

Why Ardian

Ardian founded in 1996 and led by Dominique Senequier is the largest European headquartered private equity company with $160 billion of assets managed or advised in Europe North America and Asia. The company keeps entrepreneurship at its heart and delivers strong investment performance to its global investors while fueling growth in economies across the world. Ardians investment process embodies three values: excellence loyalty and entrepreneurship. Ardian maintains a truly global network with more than 1000 employees working across fifteen offices in Paris London New York San Francisco Santiago Beijing Seoul Tokyo Frankfurt Jersey Luxembourg Milan Madrid Singapore and Zurich. The company offers its investors a diversified choice of funds covering the full range of asset classes including Direct Funds such as BuyoutInfrastructureor Real Estate Fund of Funds and Private Debt.

The role

Ardians Spanish Real Estate team is offering an internship opportunity in the Madrid office to assist in the identification analysis and execution of potential investment opportunities and help with the asset management activity.

The intern will have significant responsibilities from day one and become an integral part of the team. Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting the investment team in particular on the financial analysis valuation and investment memorandums

• Modelling (Excel): forecasts financial optimisation sensitivities

• Taking part in real transactions: acquisitions and project financing

This internship will provide a global view on the world of investment: valuation of assets use of leverage in project financing hedging of interests rates and currencies.

Required skills

• Languages: Spanish and English

• The candidate should possess a broad set of quantitative qualitative and interpersonal skills and be a strong team player

• Intellectual rigour and discipline; ability to organise and perform work efficiently

• Knowledge of financial statement analysis valuation techniques and competency in Excel Word and Powerpoint

Profile

• Degree either completed or due to complete from a leading business school or engineering school

• A previous internship in one of the following areas would be beneficial:

• • Private Equity fund

  • M&A or structured/leveraged finance team of a leading European or American bank

  • Transaction Services team of a leading audit firm

  • Leading strategy consulting firm

  • Leading player in the real estate sector

• Knowledge of financial engineering and valuation

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