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Investment Banking / M & A


This section contains all our M&A (mergers and acquisitions) and investment banking jobs. The term 'investment banking' means different things to different people. At its most broad it means all areas of an investment bank - from sales and trading, to capital markets, to corporate finance and M&A, risk, compliance and operations. Alternatively, it can be interpreted as both capital markets and M&A. Here, we are defining job listings fairly narrowly: as M&A, but with an eye to the financing and infrastructure required to make an M&A deal happen.

As the name suggests, a job in M&A requires advising client companies on mergers (where two companies join up as equals) and acquisitions (where one firm takes over part or all of another).

Various different kinds of organisations are involved in the M&A market. The biggest investment banks typically advise and facilitate M&A deals worth $100m plus. Smaller deals are typically dealt with by advisory boutiques or by the Big Four (and other) accounting firms.

There's a relatively straight route up the ladder for a career in M&A. You start out in an investment analyst job for three years, move up to associate (again for three years), then become vice president, director and managing director - although the job titles may vary depending upon the bank you work for. Most M&A careers focus on a particular sector, eg, consumer, financials, oil and gas, technology, media and telecommunications.

Senior M&A bankers spend their time cultivating relationships with potential clients and originating business. Traditionally, M&A has been about advising clients on potential target companies and the dynamics of an M&A deal. Increasingly, however, senior deal originators in investment banks are 'relationship' professionals who advise clients on the broad range of products offered by their employer and on the financing required for a deal - and not just the deal itself.

At a junior analyst level, M&A is about spreadsheets, marketing documents and financial models. Junior M&A bankers rarely attend client meetings. Instead, they spend their time evaluating the financial information of target companies and putting together pitchbooks. These are marketing documents that banks use to sell themselves and outline their ideas for which companies a client should be buying or which it should be selling to.

While analysts are at the bottom of the hierarchy of M&A roles, the associates above them also rank fairly low. The key difference is that M&A associates have slightly more responsibility for transactions and projects. They also get junior analysts to do some of the work for them.

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Murex Business Analyst – Interest Rate Derivatives – | Germany//Hessen | Selby Jennings Contract €1000 Germany-Hessen 16 May 12

Investment bank in Germany are looking to hire a Murex Business Analyst to lead the implementation of the new ...

Associate Real Estate Finance & Lending Cobalt Deutschland GmbH 65.000,- Euro - 75.000,- Euro (Package)... Germany-Hessen 16 May 12

Our client is an European Bank that is active in more than 10 countries. The Bank has a global real estate f...

Modeller | Top Infrastructure & Renewables Investor | Frankfurt | €55-65k One Search Ltd €55-65k Depending on Experience Germany-Hessen 16 May 12

A global Infrastructure & Renewables investor is seeking a modelling Analyst with 2-4 years experience to join...

Private Equity, Midcap fund - Partner | Location; Bavaria | Carlton CN Competitive Germany-Bavaria 16 May 12

Leading mid-cap private equity house looking for Partner with excellent network in the industrials sector.

Managing Director, European Investment Banking firm | Location; Hessen | Carlton CN Competitive Germany-Hessen 16 May 12

European Investment Banking firm looking for German speaking MD

Graduate/Analyst, Private Equity | Located in Bavaria | Carlton CN Competitive Germany-Bavaria 16 May 12

A leading German mid-cap fund is looking for corporate finance juniors or graduates to join their team. !Yo...

German Associate, Major International Infrastructure Team, Munich - 3233 /8D Private Equity Recruitment Competitive Germany-Bavaria 15 May 12

German Associate for major international Infrastructure team, Munich

German Associate, Successful Mid Market Buyout Team, Hannover - 3164 /8C Private Equity Recruitment Competitive Germany-Niedersachsen 14 May 12

Associate opportunity for new investments with long-established mid market German PE fund

German Speaking Analyst, PE/VC Media Investments, Munich - 3194 /8G Private Equity Recruitment Competitive Germany-Bavaria 14 May 12

Leading German media group seeking to hire additional German speaking analysts and associates for their PE/VC ...

Fluent German Analyst with Early Investment Banking Training, Major International Mid-Market Fund - 3237 /8C Private Equity Recruitment Competitive Germany-Hessen 14 May 12

Fluent German Analyst with early investment banking training, for major international mid-market fund, Frankfu...

Vice President - CFG, Frankfurt Moody's Investors Service Ltd Competitive Germany-Hessen 14 May 12

We have an opportunity for a Senior Analyst (equivalent to a Director role in the banking arena) to manage a p...

Bulge Bracket German Speaking M&A Walker Hamill Bulge Bracket Germany-Hessen 08 May 12

A leading Bulge Bracket Bank is looking to further strengthen its global capabilities with senior analyst, ass...

Vice President Duff and Phelps Competitive Germany-Saarland 26 Apr 12

See job description.

Valuation Services Vice President Duff and Phelps Competitive Germany-Bavaria 26 Apr 12

At Duff & Phelps, we stand for the qualities that power sound decisions. And we believe that behind every goo...

Investment Manager für Fixed Income / Treasury FAROS Consulting 50.000, 00 € p.a. fix plus Bonus Germany-Hessen 16 May 12

Im Zuge einer strategischen Erweiterung unseres Geschäftsmodells expandieren wir im Bereich Fiduciary Manage...

Investment Banking Associate in International Mergers & Acquisitions Robert W. Baird GmbH competitive Germany-Hessen 15 May 12

Do you strive for the challenge of working in an experienced international M&A team? If so, then you could be ...

Investment Banking Analyst KBR Corporate Finance GmbH attraktives Grundgehalt plus Bonus Germany-Hessen 15 May 12

Unternehmensbeschreibung: KBR ist eine internationale Investment Banking Boutique mit Niederlassungen in Frank...

Transaktions Analyst (m/w) Real Estate Cobalt Deutschland GmbH kompetitives Fixum + marktgerechter Bonu... Germany-Bavaria 15 May 12

Unser Mandant ist ein Teil einer unabhängigen, weltweit agierenden, führenden und unabhängigen Vermögensverwal...

Hochschulabsolvent / Senior (m/w) -- Reorganisation & Debt Advisory Services Deloitte & Touche GmbH verhandelbar Germany-Hessen 15 May 12

Deloitte in Deutschland Die Deloitte & Touche GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft und ihre Tochtergesellscha...

Associate Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) – Top Investmentbank Huxley Associates €90000 - €180000 per annum Germany-Hessen 14 May 12

für ein führendes, internationales Corporate Finance Team in Frankfurt suche ich einen M&A Associate .

Senior Analyst Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) – Top Investmentbank Huxley Associates €80000 - €160000 per annum Germany-Hessen 14 May 12

für ein führendes, internationales Corporate Finance Team in Frankfurt suche ich einen M&A Senior Analyst ...

Business Support Officer Institutional (m/w) Generali Investments keine Angabe Germany-Nordrhein-Westfalen 11 May 12

Business Support Officer Institutional (m/w) Einsatzort Köln

Associate im Bereich M&A / Corporate Finance @VISORY partners GmbH keine Angabe Germany-Hessen 11 May 12

@VISORY partners sucht zur Unterstützung seines Teams am Hauptsitz Wiesbaden zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt Ass...

Principal (m/f) TOP mid - market Private Equity Fund TALENTspy GmbH attractive package Germany-Hessen 09 May 12

Our client is a global investment firm that manages a well established European mid-market private equity fund...

Senior Project Finance Specialist Indigo Headhunters GmbH & Co. KG nach Vereinbarung Germany-Nordrhein-Westfalen 03 May 12

Unser Mandant ist ein global agierender Baudienstleister. Die Abteilung Project Finance ist im Finanzbereich a...

M&A Associates, VPs und Director (w/m) Robert Half Financial Services k.A. Germany-Hessen 02 May 12

Für eine führende, unabhängige Small- & MidCap M&A Boutique suchen wir für den Standort Frankfurt M&A Associat...

M&A Analyst (w/m) Robert Half Financial Services k.A. Germany-Hessen 02 May 12

Für eine führende, unabhängige Investmentbank suchen wir am Standort Frankfurt zum nächstmöglichen Termin M&A ...

( Senior ) Corporate Finance Berater (w/m) Robert Half Financial Services k.A. Germany-Hessen 02 May 12

Für ein mehrfach ausgezeichnetes, stark wachsendes, unabhängiges Beratungshaus, suchen wir für mehrere Standor...

Expert (m/f) Mergers & Acquisitions Allianz SE n.a. Germany-Bavaria 02 May 12

Group M&A is responsible for executing and approving all merger-, acquisition-, restructuring- and joint ventu...

Projektleiter Konzernentwicklung (w/m) Montalbetti Associates GmbH keine Angabe Germany-Bavaria 25 Apr 12

Dynamischer Konzern sucht Strategieberater für die Konzernentwicklung

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