Alantra is an independent global financial services firm that provides investment banking and asset management services to mid-market companies, families, and investors. The Group has over 500 professionals in Europe, the U.S., Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East.
In Financial Advisory, Alantra has completed over 1,000 transactions in the last five years. Alantra combines a strong local presence in key financial centers with global sector- and product-specialized teams.
In Alternative Asset Management, Alantra offers its clients unique access to a wide range of investment strategies in five highly specialized asset management classes (private equity, active funds, private debt, energy, and venture capital). As of 31 December 2024, assets under management from consolidated and strategic businesses stood at more than €16.5bn.
Job Description:
ALANTRA FIG (Alantra’s Financial Institutions Group part of the Investment Banking division) has more than 150 professionals dedicated to the sector offering a full suite of independent Investment Banking services including M&A, secured funding & asset backed securities, and credit portfolio advisory. The team has a strong local presence across the UK, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Greece, and Brazil, dedicated to transaction execution, structuring, pricing, modelling and transaction preparation. The team has advised on over 100 transactions for a total volume of over €60bn in the last two years.
Role description:
As an Intern within Alantra FIG, you will support senior team members with a wide variety of tasks such as supporting transaction execution on the buy- and sell-side, and client pitch work. This also includes work associated with ensuring maintenance of best practice materials and supporting deal teams in working efficiently and effectively on internal and external facing deliverables.
You will be fully integrated into the team allowing you to work and interact with team members of various seniorities getting direct transaction experience and an end-to-end view of the life of an Alantra FIG analyst.
Day to day responsibilities will include:
Assisting in the preparation of pitch presentations to potential clients relating to buy- and sell-side opportunities and other business development activities;
Supporting deal teams in the execution of transactions which will include:
project management tasks, such as note keeping, preparation of agendas and monitoring follow-ups;
the preparation of deal marketing materials;
data-room management;
undertaking market research and preparing reports;
the preparation of other transaction materials such as data tapes, target/portfolio pricing.
Researching transactions in the market, helping to maintain our research databases and supporting the preparation of client communication;
Liaising with members across the entire FIG business and across different seniority levels; and
Other ad-hoc tasks.
Requirements:
A desire to learn quickly and adapt to new teams, clients, and tasks;
Strong analytical ability supported by your academic background and results;
Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills,
The ability to work collaboratively and multi-task under pressure;
Proficiency in the use of MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel;
Fluency in English (spoken and written); other languages highly desirable but not mandatory
Able to work in the United Kingdom
Strong quantitative analysis skills, including experience on coding platforms would be highly advantageous.
Our commitment to creating a high performing culture:
We believe that our ability to attract, retain and develop a diverse workforce delivers real value to our company and our clients, and that every employee should play an active role in promoting and sustaining an inclusive culture. We are committed to creating a workplace where employees feel comfortable to bring their authentic selves to work. We do that best through supporting candidates from a variety of backgrounds throughout the recruitment process. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we aspire to have a workforce which reflects employees and applicants of varying backgrounds including ethnicity, sex, age, nationality, disability, religion, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, socio-economic background, gender identity and/or expression or any other protected characteristics.
