Investment Banking EMEA MA Private Capital Advisory Associate London

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is highly motivated to work in a dynamic team and to contribute to our Investment Banking business.

The Private Capital Advisory team is part of J.P. Morgans global M&A platform assisting clients in raising noncontrol private capital for a variety of purposes including: M&A growth/capex shareholder monetisations balance sheet equitizations refinancings etc. The transactions span from minority common equity and JVs to preferred equity and more creditlike structures across the riskreturn spectrum from large IG corporates to special situations.

As an Associate in the EMEA M&A Private Capital Advisory team you will work closely with country industry and other product teams within the bank. The team often designs the structure and capital solution including bringing in the most relevant investor partners which can include noncontrol mandates within private equity funds sovereign wealth funds alternative & credit investors pension funds & insurance companies family offices and other institutional investors.
The team has raised more than $60bn of capital for clients in the last 4 years in over 30 transactions across EMEA. This includes the largest private capital transaction in EMEA in 5 out of the last 6 years.

Established over 20 years ago the team is poised for continued growth as private capital is becoming only more relevant to corporates globally including in recessionary periods.

Job responsibilities
Think and develop highly bespoke capital solutions
Manage ongoing communication with investors be it in executions and as part of overall dialogue
Model transaction structures return profiles and scenarios to assess optimal terms and economics for clients
Prepare term sheets and other transaction materials
Process coordination from launch to signing in close cooperation with other internal teams including investor communication management interaction and overall transaction management
Support in preparation of materials to present to J.P. Morgan clients in partnership with industry or country teams
Perform a great variety of tasks including many opportunities to stepup given the teams high deal flow and its flat hierarchical structure
Develop proficiency in private market transactions across the capital structure

Required qualifications capabilities and skills
Extensive proven investment banking experience
Strong desire to achieve optimal transaction outcomes and create value for our clients
Keen interest in private capital minority M&A and structured transactions. Interest in how minority transactions / capital raisings work including shareholder and governance agreements.
Desire to work across sectors and have exposure to different structures
Proven technical ability and overall corporate finance proficiency
Be flexible to work across the capital spectrum and be exposed to new and creative structures. In particular it is important to be able to have an understanding of capital structures and investor returns modelling
Ability to engage in client and investors communications
Ability to take ownership across a transaction with significant exposure to corporate clients and investors
Ability to show initiative and manage time appropriately across competing demands

Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills
Prior experience in M&A leveraged finance or capital raising be it equity or debt
Prior experience in communicating with buyside investors and corporates
European language (in addition to English) is desired but not mandatory

This role encompasses the performance of regulated activity. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to meeting regulatory requirements in the assessment of fitness propriety knowledge and competence (as assessed by the Firm) and (where appropriate) approval by the relevant regulatory authorities to carry out such activities.