Gilda Rivera

About Gilda Rivera

Gilda is +20 year commercial real estate finance veteran with extensive experience in structuring transactions across the capital stack, including non-recourse senior and stretch senior debt, recapitalization financings applying senior, mezzanine, preferred equity and joint venture for ground-up construction and development, value-add and stabilized assets.

Experience

1. Managing Director

   Dekel Capital

   Oct 2025 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Gilda Rivera boasts 25 years of experience as a capital advisor and commercial real estate finance veteran. She has extensive experience in structuring transactions across the capital stack, including non-recourse senior and stretch senior debt, recapitalization financings applying senior, mezzanine, preferred equity and joint venture for ground-up construction and development, value-add and stabilized assets for all property types across United States. She currently serves as Managing Director of Dekel Capital, advising real estate sponsors and private entrepreneurs on debt and equity capital placement including Co-GP and LP equity financing solutions. She utilizes her exceptional lender relationships and has closed transactions with every type of capital provider to provide certainty of execution and creative financing for her clients.