Investment Banking Executive Director EMEA Mergers & Acquisitions (London)

Executive Director EMEA Mergers & Acquisitions (London)

JPMorganChase Investment Banking

Role Overview

As anExecutive Directorin the EMEA M&A team you will play a senior role inoriginating and executingcomplex M&A transactions. This position has a particular focus on advising leading global financial investors particularly those active in the infrastructure space. You will act as a key day-to-day client contact carry overall deal responsibility across workstreams and help drive the teams growth agenda in the EMEA market from our London office.

About the Team

You will be part of the EMEA M&A team and join the specialized Infrastructure M&Ateam which partners closely with Funds Coverage sector country and product teams to deliver best-in-class outcomes for clients. While you lead from an M&A perspective you will be partnering with dedicated sector teams that focus on:

• Digital infrastructure
• Transportation infrastructure
• Energy power utilities and mining infrastructure
• Mission-critical services that are part of the infrastructure asset class and
• Social infrastructure

Key Responsibilities

• Origination leadership: Source and developsell-side M&A opportunitieswith leading infrastructure funds global asset managers pension/SWFs and other infrastructure owners.
• Execution excellence: Lead end-to-end M&A execution across public and private transactions including sell-side mandates corporate carve-outs buy-sides and secondary transactions.
• Client leadership: Serve as the primary day-to-day relationship and deal lead guiding clients through strategy process and negotiations.
• Cross-platform coordination: Partner effectively withFunds Coverage sector teams and product partners to deliver integrated advice.
• Process management: Oversee diligence Q&A management presentations/interviews stakeholder management and negotiations through signing and closing.
• Quality control: Review and refine marketing and execution materials to the highest standard ensuring maximum client impact.
• Team leadership: Manage mentor and train junior bankers; coordinate analytics and outputs across deal teams.
• Risk management: Identify manage and escalate execution regulatory and reputational risks appropriately throughout the transaction lifecycle.

Required Qualifications Capabilities and Skills

• Significant relevant experience (min 9 years) ininvestment banking M&Awith a demonstrable track record of leading transactions.
• Strong M&A skillsetwith the ability to source and run complex processes and manage multiple stakeholders under tight deadlines.
• Experience in negotiations of transactions including relevant legal documentation
• Outstandingfinancial analysis and modellingcapability; experience defining and overseeing valuation workstreams.
• Self-directed highly motivated with strongproject managementand attention to detail; ability to deliver consistently under pressure.
• A collaborative inclusive leadership style and experience developing junior talent.
• Excellentwritten and verbal communicationskills with strong client-facing presence.
• Proficiency inMS Office (Excel PowerPoint Word); Bloomberg experience preferred.
• Infrastructure sector familiarity is beneficial butnot a pre-requisite but In-depth understanding of investment banking products and experience dealing with financial investor clients is preferable

Leadership & Location

This position is based inLondonwithin JPMorganChase Investment Banking. The EMEA Infrastructure M&A team is headed byJulian Schmidt.