Associate, Direct Equity

Join Hamilton Lane a global leader in private markets as we scale to meet the demands of our growing client base. Here youll work with ambitious highperforming teams built on integrity candor and collaboration backed by our market-leading data and technology. We invest heavily in our people and our partners giving you the platform to enrich lives safeguard futures and grow your career.

What We Do
As one of the largest private markets investment firms globally we provide innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors around the world specializing in flexibility and full-spectrum access. We currently employ approximately 800 professionals operating in offices throughout North America Europe Asia Pacific and the Middle East and have $1.0 trillion in assets under management and supervision composed of $146.1 billion in discretionary assets and $871.5 billion in non-discretionary assets as of December 31 2025.

The Opportunity:
As an Associate you will be responsible for the full life cycle of private equity
direct and co-investments from evaluating investment opportunities through
monitoring and exiting investments. As an integral part of the Direct Equity
group the Associates will work on deal teams to drive the investment process.

Your responsibilities will be to:

• Support senior team members in originating new investment

• opportunities.

• Evaluate prospective investments by assessing key risks/merits and

• developing cogent investment theses.

• Conduct thorough due diligence and lead diligence calls with GP sponsors

• and portfolio companies.

• Perform rigorous financial analyses to support investment decisions

• including valuation structure returns.

• Prepare Investment Committee memoranda and present recommendations

• to the Investment Committee.

• Assist deal team members with underwriting negotiating and closing

• investments.

• Contribute to the ongoing management of investments to enhance value

• across the portfolio.

• Contribute to pursuing creative and optimal exit strategies to maximize

• returns.

• Keep abreast of the competitive landscape and current trends across

• private equity and other private markets.

• Begin networking to develop relationships internally with colleagues and

• externally with GPs LPs intermediaries etc.

• Represent the firm in the market by networking and speaking at industry

• conferences and other events.

Your background will include:

• 2 years of experience in a relevant role on the sell-side or buy-side.

• Solid foundation of quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.

• Strong Communication Skills.

• Team Orientation Foster collaboration within and across teams.

• Positive attitude takes initiative thirst for learning ability to ramp up

• quickly.

• Exceptional work ethic drive self-motivated as well as ability to motivate

• others.

• Fosters mutual trust and respect; demonstrates solid values ethics and

• moral compass.

Benefits

At Hamilton Lane our benefits philosophy is simple: to provide our employees with a competitive suite of benefits and services to help navigate through the complexities and challenges of working living raising a family and eventually retiring.

To do this Hamilton Lane offers the following benefits:

Enhancing Your Physical and Emotional Health

Employees have access to healthcare coverage mental health resources health & fitness reimbursement program and Wellness Rewards Program.

Developing Your Career

Tuition and certification reimbursement programs are available along with continual education and development trainings for you to grow with Hamilton Lane.

Supporting Your Family & Community

For our communities Hamilton Lane provides paid time off to volunteer and compensates for referring qualified candidates that join our team.

For growing family we offer an adoption reimbursement program paid time off for new parents and newlyweds and provide travel support for nursing parents.

Safeguarding Your Financial Wellbeing

Hamilton Lane contributes to retirement programs and offers an employee stock purchasing plan.

Hamilton Lane is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their race religion ancestry national origin sex sexual orientation age disability marital status domestic partner status or medical condition. As a registered investment adviser employees of Hamilton Lane may be subject to certain limitations on political contribution and personal investment activities.

Hamilton Lane is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Hamilton Lane via-email the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Hamilton Lane. No fee shall be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Hamilton Lane as a result of the referral or through other means.