Resumes for IB analysts to lateral or buyside

Guys, just wanted to see how analysts write their resumes when looking to lateral or go to the buyside.

I know that you usually write about specific deals you worked on, but how specific should you get? Should you write the name of the company, as well as name of the buyer and seller, or is this considered name-dropping? What is the deal is still in progress?

Also, if anyone has examples of experienced resumes that would be great.

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anonymoususer350

Does it say anywhere in that link the specific questions I asked about above? I don't think so.

It actually sort of does.

What's with the attitude?

 
Best Response

I would not drop names in CV (but in interview I would mention names if asked - if the deal is done and there is no SPECIAL reason to keep it confidential).

Like such bullet points: - Sale of a private jet manufacturer ($400 mln EBITDA) to the strategic investor (sell-side M&A advisory) - $700 mln private debt placement for the US largest automotive dealership - $250 mln IPO of a company in TMT sector

I would also use word "potential" (e.g., potential sale, potential acquisition, potential offering) if you want to put some deal on the list that didn't close.

Also you can add to these bullet point a more detailed description of what you specifically did, for example: - Preparing pitch books and valuation models (DCF, trading comps, transaction comps) for a sale of a private jet manufacturer ($400 mln EBITDA) to the strategic investor (sell-side M&A advisory)

Anyone have other opinions?

 
Bretton Woods

Potential implies that the deal is still live. What if you've worked on a deal that completely died? How would you list that?

English is not my native so I cannot be sure here but for me "potential" means something that could happen but didn't happen. Maybe didn't happen yet or didn't happen at all - and I don't see there is point to explicitly split those two in your CV. If it comes to discussing your deals during the interview, you can clarify which are dead and which and in progress...

But that's my opinion. Maybe to explicitly show which are dead and which are in progress, you can just... write it? E.g., add to the end of the line [deal is currently in progress] or something like that. But I think it is just overloading CV with unnecessary details.

 

Well I definitely think if it was like an M&A deal that didn't go through or something you wouldn't name the company because that's revealing information.. but what if it's like raising financing that's in progress but known to the public? Should you name the company if you can? Or if the M&A deal was completed?

 

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