M&A Analyst - PE "specialization"
Hi all !
I am currently working as a 2nd year M&A analyst in a generalist team (meaning no industry focus). As I am thinking about specializing in a specific sector (I do have my own ideas and preferences), I did also think of "specializing" in PE-related deals: i.e. M&A deals involving PE sponsors and thus developing an expertise on PE-related thinking and way of doing things instead of classical sectorization (consumer, TMT, ...)
Thing is I feel the need to have my own field of expertise rather than scratching the surface of every subject possible ...
What do you think about this idea ? Dumbest think you ever heard or could make sense according to you ?
Eager to hear your arguments (especially from the most senior of you guys)
Cheers !
Going to be working in an M&A team as well so curious to hear what people say
I would say wouldn’t focusing on PE related deals be too risky? I feel like PE is very cyclical and you could be out of demand in a down cycle.
I’m curious, based on your experience how unique is PE M&A vs the other types of deals you do in the team? What are the differences?
v. interesting, I'll be looking into that ! Well I'm not an expert what difference is in the way you think about the deal and BP: means to create value, different requirement from PE vs industrial, capex, ...
Try looking into financial sponsor teams.
No such team at my bank. I was thinking more of staying at my generalist team, but with a focus on deals with sponsors (ideally combining the FS expertise I hope to get with sector expertise relevant to the particular deal)
Any advice ?
Anyone ?
Sounds pretty dumb to me. How many sale processes have you worked on with only sponsors in the buyer universe? Maybe if you want to just do buy-sides. Regardless you’re a second year analyst so good luck getting a unique specialization carved out for yourself
I just think it is boring. This typically means running sell-side M&As for sponsors which is not extremely intellectually stimulating IMO
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