Who we are
Emerald Pine Capital was founded by Fabrizio Grena and Alessandro Ferrante.
They worked together for several years at Goldman Sachs focusing on real estate
direct investments, platforms, special situations and loan portfolios.
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Fabrizio and Alessandro have successfully closed over 40 equity and credit deals, deploying over €10bn of capital during their 30 years of combined investment experience.
Fabrizio Grena
Partner
Prior to co-founding Emerald Pine Capital, Fabrizio was a managing director in the Asset and Wealth Management Division of Goldman Sachs.
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Fabrizio joined the European Special Situations team of Goldman Sachs in 2011. As a senior member of the Real Estate investing team, he was responsible for investments in opportunistic real estate, non performing loans and special situations across several European jurisdictions. In 2021, Fabrizio transitioned to the Sustainable Investing Group, where he led the development of a nascent strategy focused on forestry and agriculture.
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Before his time at Goldman Sachs, Fabrizio was a director in the European CRE Special Situations group of Deutsche Bank, which he joined in 2005. He began his career in 2002 in the Global Principal Investment and Secured Financing team at Merrill Lynch in London.
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Fabrizio holds an MSc in Finance from Bocconi University in Milan.
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Alessandro Ferrante
Partner
Prior to co-founding Emerald Pine Capital, Alessandro was an executive director in the Asset and Wealth Management Division of Goldman Sachs.
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Alessandro joined the European Special Situations team of Goldman Sachs in 2015. As a member of the Real Estate investing team, he executed several investments across the capital structure in real estate assets, real estate platforms, performing and non-performing credit portfolios secured by commercial and residential real estate.
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Before his time at Goldman Sachs, Alessandro was a member of the Asset Finance and Asset Backed Securities team at Credit Suisse, where he began his career in 2014.
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Alessandro holds an MSc in Finance from Bocconi University in Milan.
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