Investment Banking - M&A Infrastructure - Associate - London

J.P. Morgan; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is highly motivated to contribute to our Investment Banking business and the leading M&A franchise, focusing on transactions in the Infrastructure sector.

J.P. Morgan is a leading global M&A advisor, having topped rankings regionally and globally over the past decade.

Our product group is focused on the origination and execution of public and private M&A transactions with a particular focus on Infrastructure. The client universe you will interact with includes leading infrastructure investors, private equity firms, SWFs, family offices and EMEA corporates. You will get exposure to a broad set of:

• Sectors, including:
  • Digital infrastructure (data centers, fiber, towers);
  • Transport (airports, toll-roads, logistics, cold storage, ports and terminals, shipping, rail, EV infrastructure and parking);
  • Energy, Power, Renewables and Metals and Mining (networks, renewables, utilities, waste, water, energy storage);
  • Business services and social infrastructure (healthcare, education and other)
• Regions, including countries spanning across the entire Europe, Middle East and Africa
• Types of transactions, including sell-sides, buy-sides, public-to-private, carve-outs, etc.

As an Associate in the Investment Banking EMEA Infrastructure M&A team, you will play a central role in advising clients with respect to M&A transactions that have an Infrastructure angle. You will have great exposure in a variety of the landmark M&A transactions that take place in EMEA, working closely with country, industry and other product teams in the bank, whilst being part of a group that consistently ranks as one of the EMEA's pre-eminent Infrastructure M&A advisory franchises.

You will work with expert professionals at the heart of a leading global investment bank and will get exposure to formal training, hands-on learning opportunities, continuous mentoring and feedback, and numerous development opportunities. You will develop strong skills in the major areas of investment banking and will be given the opportunity to develop into a senior officer who is capable of generating and executing their own transactions.

Job responsibilities

• Develop highly bespoke and sophisticated M&A processes while working closely with clients and in tandem with industry, country and other product teams during origination and execution stages
• Drive M&A transactions from launch to signing, including investor outreach, active communication with investors / management, and overall transaction management
• Analyse the most suitable investor universe for each transaction and speak to investors as part of the M&A process, be it for bilateral partnerships or broader partner identifications
• Develop elaborate financial analyses and valuation models to help clients evaluate investment opportunities, potential capital structures or alternative monetarisation paths
• Work closely with management teams to develop comprehensive transaction materials, including the preparation of business plans, performance analyses, due diligence reports and marketing materials
• Transaction execution specific responsibilities include:
  • Designing, organising and project managing M&A processes
  • Participating in and contributing to M&A structuring discussions & negotiations
  • Preparing valuation and other financial return models
  • Supporting due diligence, deal documentation and announcement preparation
  • Regularly liaising with relevant counterparts at the client and other advisers

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Several years of full-time investment banking experience, particularly Corporate Finance or M&A
• Strong interest and understanding of M&A and M&A processes, having closed at least one sell-side or buy-side transaction
• Strong desire to achieve optimal transaction outcomes and create value for our clients
• Excellent communication and project management skills
• Desire to work across sectors, and in particular the Infrastructure sector, and have exposure to many different types of M&A transactions (including sell-sides, buy-sides, cave-outs, restructurings, etc.)
• Proficient technical ability and overall corporate finance proficiency, including strong modelling skills (LBO, DCF, DDM) as well as knowledge of broader investment banking products
• Ability to engage in client and investors communications, as well as dealing with clients and other advisers
• Ability to take ownership across a transaction, with exposure to industry, country, and product teams
• Ability to show initiative and support across several transactions in parallel, managing time appropriately across competing demands

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Prior experience in executing M&A transactions (from start to end), preferably with a financial sponsor or infrastructure fund related angle
• Prior experience in Infrastructure investment banking or Infrastructure funds
• European language (in addition to English) is desired but not mandatory

This role encompasses the performance of regulated activity. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to meeting regulatory requirements in the assessment of fitness, propriety, knowledge and competence (as assessed by the Firm) and (where appropriate) approval by the relevant regulatory authorities to carry out such activities.