Director

PJT Partners; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global advisory-focused investment bank in Greater London is seeking a Director for the Private Capital Solutions – GP Led Secondaries group. This role involves evaluating and structuring financial alternatives for clients, leading transactions, and collaborating with senior team members. Candidates should have at least 6 years of relevant experience, strong analytical skills, and a Bachelor's degree. The firm promotes an inclusive culture and values teamwork, offering a dynamic work environment for committed professionals.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of investment banking M&A, private equity, secondary advisory, or secondary buyside experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with clients in evaluating and structuring financial and strategic alternatives.
• Lead all aspects of transactions including due diligence and investor engagement.

Skills

Outstanding quantitative and analytical skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Proven ability to work collaboratively and effectively within a team environment

Exceptional organization and time management skills

Strong work ethic and ability to work under pressure

Excellent written and spoken English

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

PJT Partners is a global advisory-focused investment bank. Our team of senior professionals delivers a wide array of strategic advisory, shareholder advisory, restructuring and special situations and private fund advisory and placement services to corporations, financial sponsors, institutional investors and governments around the world. We offer a unique portfolio of advisory services designed to help our clients achieve their strategic objectives. We also provide, through PJT Park Hill, private fund advisory and fundraising services for alternative investment managers, including private equity funds, real estate funds and hedge funds.

From the beginning, PJT Partners has firmly believed that having the best people is key to building an enduring franchise. Our perspective was, and remains, that a great team brings in both top tier clients and appeals to a wide-range of diverse, talented colleagues. Fostering an inclusive culture, which welcomes differing perspectives and beliefs, enables us to provide the best advice and insights to our clients.

To learn more about PJT Partners, please visit our website at www.pjtpartners.com.

Business Overview

PJT Park Hill (“Park Hill”) is our industry-leading advisor and intermediary business focused on alternative investment vehicles in the private equity, real estate, hedge fund and secondary advisory asset classes.

The Private Capital Solutions group, our secondary advisory practice, is one of the most experienced investment banking teams in the industry and has been involved in some of the largest, most complex transactions since the team’s founding in 2008. The practice leverages the firm’s global relationships to deliver superior results across the secondaries universe. Our highly specialized team focuses on delivering independent advisory and execution services to financial sponsors and institutional investors across a broad spectrum of strategic transactions including:

• Financial Sponsor Solutions: Fund recapitalizations, continuation vehicles, fund restructurings, tender offers, preferred equity / other debt oriented solutions, management team spinouts and portfolio asset sales
• Structured Liquidity Solutions: Securitizations, refinancings of illiquid financial holdings and joint ventures
• Institutional Investor Solutions: Divesture of private fund interests, valuation of private fund interests, transaction structuring and execution support.

Responsibilities

Directors within the Private Capital Solutions – GP Led Secondaries group work directly with clients in evaluating, structuring and recommending financial and strategic alternatives. The remit of the position spans the private capital spectrum with an emphasis on private equity secondary transactions. The role is industry and asset class agnostic, and focusing on GP led transactions.

Directors are key deal team members who are staffed directly on client teams and are expected to be involved in leading all aspects of a transaction, including due diligence, valuation analysis, client and process management, and investor engagement.

The comparatively small size of this group and the frequent cross-collaboration across PJT offers professionals the unique opportunity to gain client exposure and work closely with senior members across the PJT platform.

Qualifications

PJT Partners seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, intelligent and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. In addition, qualified candidates will possess the following:

• At least 6 years of investment banking M&A, private equity, secondary advisory or secondary buyside experience strongly preferred;
• Outstanding quantitative and analytical skills;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills;
• Proven ability to work collaboratively and effectively within a team environment;
• Exceptional organization and time management skills;
• Strong work ethic and ability to work under pressure;
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Bachelor’s degree

PJT is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of, and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity expression, disability, medical condition, genetic information or predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other category protected by law. PJT Partners also complies with all applicable laws with regard to providing reasonable accommodation of disabilities to applicants. For more information or to request an accommodation, please contact Human Resources.

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