Capital Strategy / Structured Finance

Jaeho
Kwon

Capital strategy and structured finance across markets. Jaeho Kwon is an investment and finance professional with experience structuring complex transactions across real estate, private markets, and cross-border capital. He is pursuing an MBA at Duke's Fuqua School of Business.

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Transaction Volume: $1B+Transaction Volume
Annual Structured Finance Volume: $450MAnnual Structured Finance Volume
Years Finance Experience: 8Years Finance Experience
Core Markets: U.S. + KoreaCore Markets

Capital Strategy · Structured Finance · Real Estate Finance · Cross-Border Transactions · Private Markets

Case Studies

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Logistics · Culver City, Los Angeles

Culver City Last-Mile Logistics Mezzanine Financing

Mezzanine financing for a last-mile logistics facility in Culver City, Los Angeles, backed by a long-term lease to a global technology leader, involving cross-border credit analysis and multi-counterparty coordination.

IBK Securities · Mezzanine Financing

Financing Size

$93.0M

Office · Seoul, South Korea

Seoul Office Acquisition

Evaluated the investment structure and execution considerations for a forward-purchase equity investment in an office development.

Korea Asset Investment · Acquisition Financing

Investment Size

$163.6M

Transaction	Market / Asset	Financing Structure	Organization	Size
420 Kent Avenue Multifamily Mezzanine Financing	New York, United States · Multifamily	Mezzanine Financing	IBK Securities	$90.0M
Gimpo Logistics Complex Development Financing	Gimpo, South Korea · Logistics Development	Development Financing	Korea Asset Investment	$109.1M
Hanam Residential Interim-Payment Financing	Hanam, South Korea · Residential Development	Interim-Payment Financing	ICBC Korea	$123.0M

Career

Experience

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2023 – 2025

Seoul, Korea

Senior Manager, Investment Division

Korea Asset Investment

Real estate financing mandate for the investment division, spanning origination, capital raising, and lender-network development in the Korean market.

2019 – 2023

Seoul, Korea

Associate, Investment Banking Division

IBK Securities

Cross-border U.S. real estate financing and structured-finance execution for Korean institutional investors, alongside ongoing management of a securitization book.

Research

Current Focus

Current interests include capital access for small and middle-market businesses, ownership-transition finance, and technology-enabled underwriting and capital-structure analysis. This is an area of research and professional development.

Capital Access & Ownership Transitions

Employee ownership
Guarantee and first-loss structures
CDFI and lender research
SBA financing mechanics
Blended capital

Technology & Capital Structuring

Financing scenario analysis
Underwriting workflow
Capital-stack analysis
Acquisition-pricing implications
AI-assisted analytical workflows

Engagement

Leadership

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2027

2027 Co-Lead

Korea Inter-MBA Mixer (KIMM)

Co-leading a cross-school initiative that brings together Korean MBA students from leading U.S. business schools for professional networking and community building.

2025–Present

Cabinet Member

Private Capital Club

Club programming and student engagement focused on private capital.

2025–Present

Cabinet Member

Real Estate Club

Industry programming and student engagement across real estate investing and development.

2025–Present

Cabinet Member

Blockchain/AI Club

Programming exploring the intersection of blockchain, AI, finance, and investing.

2014–2018

Founder

Global Start-up Alliance

Founded and led a student startup club during undergraduate study, including a Chromecast-based localized advertising solution that reached the finals of the 2014 Lion Cup startup competition.

Writing