Edward Ratinoff

Managing Principal at James Investment Partners

Speaker

Edward Ratinoff is Managing Principal and founder of James Investment Partners and co-heads all acquisitions and capital-raising activities. Ed currently serves on the board of directors of Axos Financial (NASDAQ: AX) and served on the board of directors Maguire Property Trust. Ed previously oversaw the national acquisitions effort for PRG, an institutional real estate investment fund sponsor with activities in California and New York. Ed also held the position of Managing Director and west coast head for the J.E. Robert Companies where he was responsible for all equity and debt transactions throughout the western US for the firm’s real estate investment funds and was a member of the investment committees for both JER Partners and JER Investors Trust (NYSE: JRT). During his tenure Ed led the acquisition of approximately $1.0 billion in assets representing multiple real estate sectors and geographies. Prior to joining JER, Ed held senior positions focusing on real estate investment banking with McDonald Investments, Chase Securities and BT Alex. Brown, executing public and private capital markets transactions for west-coast based real estate companies. Ed also served as Principal with FowlerFlanagan Partners, where he was responsible for the acquisition, financing and development of real estate assets, and as Project Manager for the Paragon Group, where he was responsible for the development of office and industrial projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ed received a BA in Architecture and City Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.