Intern, Financial Sponsors Group

We are trusted investment banking advisors to business owners and senior executives of leading private equity firms and public and privately held companies around the world. Our services include mergers and acquisitions advisory, private funds and capital markets advisory, and valuation and fairness opinions. As one tightly integrated team of more than 1,000 professionals across 15 countries, we offer an unmatched perspective on the global private capital markets, backed by superb execution and a deep commitment to client success. With extensive industry knowledge and relationships, timely market intelligence and strategic insights, we forge deep, productive client relationships that endure for decades. Learn more at www.lincolninternational.com.

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The Lincoln International European Financial Sponsors Group is looking to hire an off-cycle intern into the team in London for six to nine months to work with the team on growing our sponsor coverage platform.

The European Financial Sponsors Group is the focus point for Lincon’s interaction with the financial sponsor community. We help financial sponsors find deals that fit their investment strategy and realise value from their portfolios. Our team has an exceptionally strong reputation within the private capital markets and holds relationships with 400+ European financial sponsors. The Financial Sponsors Group supports all of Lincoln International’s industry groups and product teams, all of which operate on a cross-border basis.

Please note that this is NOT an M&A internship and that the focus will lie on administrative tasks related to business development. 

We are looking for an off-cycle intern to support with:

• Keeping up to date with industry groups to track live deal opportunities, new business pitches and sell-side targeting initiatives
• Attending coverage meetings with financial sponsor clients of the firm
• Drafting and preparation of marketing materials for financial sponsor meetings
• Responsibility for the management of key client information with our CRM system
• Supporting on internal team projects: financial sponsor portfolio reviews, AI initiatives, sub-sector market mapping, assets in market tracking and other ad hoc tasks
• Working collaboratively with international colleagues from the wider European Financial Sponsors Group on cross-border initiatives

Requirements:

• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to establish and manager relationships
• Excellent commercial acumen and business awareness
• A motivated hard-working, pro-active attitude with a commitment to exceptional performance
• Strong attention to detail
• Great communication skills
• Top tier academic results
• Experience with Excel and PowerPoint
• Working knowledge of effective GPT prompting
• A genuine and demonstrable interest in the private equity industry
• The right to work in the UK

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