MSIM - Private Equity- Secondaries

Morgan Stanley Private Equity Secondaries an investment team within Morgan Stanley Investment Management seeks to deliver innovative private market solutions to a global client base. As part of a broader team of 50 dedicated private markets focused professionals the secondaries business draws on decades of investment experience across private markets. With an exclusive focus on GP-Led secondaries transactions in developed buyout and growth markets the Team structures compelling opportunities within less efficient markets and has committed $4.4 billion to 55 GP-led secondaries transactions as of June 2024.

The Secondaries team comprised of 15 investment professionals based in New York Philadelphia and London focuses on partnering with high quality lower and mid-market private equity sponsors globally to structure and complete complex GP-led secondaries transactions the vast majority of which are focused on a targeted asset within a sponsors portfolio. The Teams approach to each investment is bespoke tailored to provide an optimal solution to each of the stakeholders in a transaction. As a result no two transactions are the same and each requires transaction expertise thorough due diligence and careful crafting to achieve the desired objectives for all parties addition to providing liquidity to some or all of the existing limited partners the key driving factors for these transactions typically include a variety of goals such as restoring alignment between the manager and investors providing the manager with more time to create value and financing tactical growth each situation the Team approaches the transaction with the aim of providing a capital-based solution to the structural issue being addressed with a core focus on ensuring strong alignment with a high caliber private equity sponsor and the Funds investors.

Currently in market with a larger Fund III the team is looking to hire a Senior Associate or VP for its New York office. The ideal candidate will have 5-7 years of combined experience in investment banking consulting private equity or other relevant roles. The team is prioritizing candidates with buyout private equity experience or experience with single asset GP-led deal experience. The Senior Associate/VP will be involved in all aspects of the deal and will have significant exposure to senior leadership.

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Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $175000.00 and $200000.00 per year at the commencement of employment. However base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package which depending on the position may also include commission earnings incentive compensation discretionary bonuses other short and long-term incentive packages and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

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