PE Secondaries: Investment Associate

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global private capital investor is expanding its PE Secondaries team in London, seeking an Investment Associate. This role offers an exciting opportunity to engage in complex transactions and high deal flow within a collaborative and dynamic environment, focusing on growth in the secondary PE market.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of M&A or Leveraged Finance experience in a top-tier investment bank.
• Relevant private capital experience in PE, Private Credit, or adjacent strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead positions on various secondary transactions, including GP-led situations.
• Engage in high deal flow within a dynamic secondary PE environment.
• Collaborate in a lean team structure with significant responsibility.

Skills

Financial modelling

Analytical rigour

Commercial judgement

Education

Reputable educational background

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PE Secondaries: Investment Associate, london (city of london)

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london (city of london), United Kingdom

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Other

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Yes

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Posted:

16.06.2025

Expiry Date:

31.07.2025

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Job Description:

Our Client:

Our client are a leading global private capital investor, with global offices, who are looking to expand their PE Secondaries team in London at the Investment Associate level. This team have over $5bn in AUM, with significant fresh capital available to deploy and the ability to lead blue-chip deals in the market. Their senior team have a market leading track record, and the firm are able to execute a wide variety of successful secondary PE transaction structures, including GP-led deals, LP-portfolio situations, NAV financings, and other similar structures. Their mandate ensures flexibility to remain active in all market cycles. They can invest in deals across a range of sizes, sectors, thesis and geographies, giving this role an exciting diversity of focus. They also have a lean team structure with high levels of responsibility and exposure given to all team members, in a tight-knit and collegiate working environment.

Job Highlights:

• Opportunity to work in one of the most dynamic, exciting and forward thinking secondary investors in Europe.
• Ability to take lead positions on the full range of secondary transactions, from GP-led situations and continuation funds to fund restructurings and strip-sales.
• Chance to be a part of the growth and sophistication of the Secondaries PE industry while working on new and ever-evolving transaction structures.
• Exceptionally high deal flow, benefiting from working in the fastest growing and most dynamic area of PE, with deal volume only increasing in current market conditions.
• Extremely diverse and broad deal range, working with a generalist sector focus across the European geography.
• Birds-eye position within the European PE landscape.
• Exposure to complex and quirky areas of finance.
• Significant fresh capital available to invest from day 1.
• Lean team structure, high levels of responsibility from the associate level upward, and proven track record of progression and internal upward mobility.

Requirements:

• 1-3 years of M&A or Leveraged Finance in a top tier investment bank, OR 1-3yrs of relevant private capital experience, most likely in PE, Private Credit, or a similar adjacent strategy.
• Reputable educational background.
• Well-considered motivations for wanting to be part of the secondary PE investments space.
• Strong financial modelling skills, analytical rigour and investment mindset.
• Ability to think outside of the box and show strong commercial judgement.