We are representing an independent private equity business, owned by its senior management and investment team. They invest up to £10 million of equity per transaction, and have offices in Leeds, London, Manchester, Birmingham and Sheffield. Their portfolio spans across business services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and software IT and telecoms. They have over £400 million in assets and 6 funds across VCTs and Management Buyouts.
Key Responsibilities:
- Reviewing applications and helping to source and originate deals
- Running parts of the transaction with the view to taking more responsibility for transactions
- Present ideas to investor committee
- Supporting the senior Partners on execution of deals as well as with negotiations
- Starting to take responsibility for negotiating banking arrangements
- Starting to build a contact network
Key Skills & Requirements
- 4+ years of relevant experience in either Private Equity, Investment Banking or Consulting
- If they are in Investment Banking must be from a Tier 1 and have experience with working on transactions
- If they are coming from Consulting, need to have worked on private equity transactions
- Must have a good knowledge of PE and be able to apply your skills creatively to diverse client needs
- Ideally will have covered smaller tickets ranging between the £2-10M mark
- Sound judgement, particularly in valuation matters, with strong analytic skills; particularly VCT's and LBO's and the ability to talk through previous deals comprehensively when quizzed
