Need help!! What exactly is Private Equity syndication/Private Equity advisory?

Hey guys. I signed an offer with an MM Boutique/PE Advisory firm last week. Had to work hard since I was working in Ops. Finally made it.

However, I have a few questions and clarifications and am hoping that you guys could help me out.

The firm where I am going to work does PE syndication/PE advisory. How is this different to other funds that engage in buyouts? Also, could you shed some light on what secondary PE is?

How can we leverage this experience to move to a mega fund, of course, after getting an MBA?.

 

PE: the firm engages in partial (full) ownership acquisitions of operating companies to make money.

PE Syndication: read PE. The firm also participates in acquisitions and equity trades involving other investment firms, potentially to target larger investments.

Secondary PE: read PE, PE Syndication. The firm also participates in secondhand purchases and sales of already acquired equity investments.

in it 2 win it
 

Secondaries:PE portfolio owned company sold to another PE shop. Well known company is Coller Capital. What is syndication ? Is just like any syndication, say bank syndication, a group of PE sponsors coming together to effect an offer to buy presumably. However, they are not that frequent (because the LPs from the coming together PE shops would be getting the same returns and risks, so what's the point of them investing in different PEs if they are not spreading/diversifying their returns)

Winners bring a bigger bag than you do. I have a degree in meritocracy.
 

my guess is that you basically work for a small boutique IB that focuses on sourcing deals for PE funds. this is definitely NOT considered PE.

your best bet is to try to network your way into a small PE shop that you have interacted with and have a good relationship with. but if you are just cold-calling companies/sending an info memo to funds and generating no value addition except for having made an introduction then your skill set is not valuable to a PE fund. if you find yourself doing a lot of analytical work and speaking intelligently about a company's operations and industry then you might be able to impress some PE guy at some point.

 

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