2026 UK Debt Advisory and Restructuring Summer Analyst Programme

Rothschild & Co; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial advisory firm in London is offering a Summer Analyst Programme in Debt Advisory and Restructuring. This competitive program provides hands-on experience in corporate finance and debt markets. Candidates should be on track for a 2:1 university degree or equivalent, with strong analytical and communication skills. Interns may gain exposure to high-profile deals and have a potential pathway to a permanent graduate role after the program.

Qualifications

• On track for a minimum of a 2:1 or equivalent in your university degree.
• Genuine interest in corporate finance and debt markets.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Good computer skills including MS Office.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Diligent and committed to excellence.
• Attention to detail and ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Ambitious, driven and capable of delivering results.

Responsibilities

• Join the team for the remainder of the internship.
• Participate in networking events and learning sessions.
• Take on meaningful responsibilities from the start.

Skills

Analytical skills

Numerical skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Education

Minimum 2:1 or equivalent in university degree

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Overview

2026 UK Debt Advisory and Restructuring Summer Analyst Programme

Posted: 15/09/25 · Recruiter: Rothschild & Co · Reference: 3002547810 · Type: Permanent · Salary: Competitive · Location: London

Application start date: 12 August 2025
Application close date: As we recruit on a rolling basis, we accept applications and conduct interviews continuously once applications are open. Candidates are encouraged to submit their applications early to ensure consideration.

Eligibility: This programme is aimed at students in their second or penultimate year of university

Duration: 10 weeks

Location: London, United Kingdom

DA&R Programme Summary

Rothschild & Co\'s Debt Advisory and Restructuring (DA&R) team is made up of over 200 bankers across 14 countries, advising on more than $200 billion of capital raises and restructurings each year. With around 300 transactions annually, Summer Analysts benefit from exposure to high-profile, complex deals across all sectors.

DA&R is driven by a long-standing market-leading position at the centre of global financing and capital markets. We are:

• Retained advisor to many of Europe\'s largest and most influential corporates
• Europe\'s largest placer of private credit (senior and subordinated), and the only advisor with TLB and high-yield bond deal flow equivalent to top-tier bookrunner banks
• Consistently ranked in EMEA restructuring by value and volume

We are primarily an origination business, while also operating as a fully-integrated part of Rothschild & Co\'s Global Advisory practice, collaborating with the M&A and Global Markets Solutions teams to deliver seamless execution on deals. The DA&R team serves a diverse client base across industry sectors, including some of the world\'s most well-recognised businesses and financial sponsors.

Private equity sponsors: Ares, Apollo, Blackstone, Bridgepoint, Carlyle, CVC, EQT, Exponent, GSAM, Inflexion, KKR, Montagu, Providence, Searchlight, SVP, Waterland, etc.

DA&R Structure

DA&R is comprised of four core teams:

• Investment Grade: advice to large corporates (e.g. FTSE 100/250) across loan/bond/USPP transactions, M&A financings and optimisation of debt structures
• Leveraged Finance: advice to PE-owned or highly-leveraged corporates, financing LBOs, M&A or complex refinancings
• Restructuring: advice to companies, hedge funds and special situation funds in distressed transactions
• Hedging and derivatives: advice on using derivative instruments to manage interest rate, currency, inflation and commodity exposures

DA&R business

Rothschild & Co\'s DA&R practice is a global leader, with the London office serving as a central hub. We have advised on over 3,000 DA&R assignments since 2010, totaling over $2.3 trillion of debt, evidencing deep expertise across the full range of debt products. Our scale offers clients substantial market intelligence, with over 1,000 financing proposals received annually.

The DA&R Summer Analyst Programme offers hands-on experience across the full spectrum of public and private debt, as well as strategic and complex financings—such as refinancings, acquisitions, LBOs, IPO financings, dividend recapitalizations, distressed financings and restructurings—acting on behalf of companies, senior and junior creditors (including institutional investors, distressed debt hedge funds, banks and CLOs), or private equity sponsors.

Training

The programme begins with an intensive classroom training programme covering technical skills (accounting, corporate finance fundamentals and modelling) as well as internally led presentations and soft skills training.

Day to day

After the training, you will join the team for the remainder of the internship. There will be networking events and learning sessions over the course of the summer. You will be given meaningful responsibility as soon as you join the desk, allowing you to fully encounter day-to-day life at Rothschild & Co. The DA&R business operates in small teams with flat structures, providing exposure to senior members of the teams.

At the end of the internship, you could be considered for a permanent role on our Graduate Programme after finishing university.

Qualifications, experience and competencies

• On track for a minimum of a 2:1 or equivalent in your university degree
• Genuine interest in corporate finance and debt markets with strong commercial awareness
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Good computer skills including MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Diligent and committed to excellence
• Attention to detail, ability to handle multiple tasks
• Ambitious, driven and capable of delivering results while working under tight deadlines