Jay Patel in conversation with Green Street News
“The opportunity set in Germany is as large as we expected, perhaps even larger.”
Jay Patel sat down with Amy Finch, Senior Europe Reporter at Green Street News, to discuss why Germany’s distress cycle is creating one of the most compelling opportunities in European real estate today.
In a wide-ranging conversation, Jay outlines how Arrow’s early-mover advantage and local expertise have positioned the firm as a preferred partner for banks and insolvency administrators, and why structural undersupply in the living sector, improving retail fundamentals, and emerging dislocation in student housing are fuelling conviction across markets.
Read the full interview to hear Jay’s insights on deployment momentum, relative value across Europe, and what’s next for Arrow’s opportunistic strategy.
Jay Patel
Managing Director, Real Estate
Jay joined Arrow in 2023 and is a Managing Director in the Investment Team. He has over 19 years of experience and has invested over €1.5bn in granular real estate transactions spanning traditional equity, distressed credit and special situations.
Prior to joining Arrow, Jay spent 6 years working for Strategic Value Partners where he was a leading figure in building their real estate distressed credit business in Europe. Prior to this, he spent 6 years working for EQT (formerly Wainbridge) leading their opportunistic equity strategy in the UK. Jay also has experience in restructuring and M&A advisory from earlier in his career at Eurohypo and KPMG.
He graduated from Imperial College with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics.