Intern, Fluent French & German, Transaction Advisory - January 2025 start

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Intern with fluent French, German & English, Transaction Advisory - January 2025 start

Alvarez & Marsal

Paris

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a leading global professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services. When conventional approaches are not enough to create transformation and drive change, clients seek our deep expertise and ability to deliver practical solutions to their unique problems.

With over 10,000 people providing services across six continents, we deliver tangible results for corporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms and government agencies facing complex challenges. Our senior leaders, and their teams, leverage A&M’s restructuring heritage to help companies act decisively, catapult growth and accelerate results. We are experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators and industry authorities with a shared commitment to telling clients what is really needed for turning change into a strategic business asset, managing risk and unlocking value at every stage of growth.
 

Our French and Swiss practices are highly respected and fast growing and our leadership teams are a collection of highly experienced professionals, supported by an exceptional team drawn from industry and professional services.

Both our French and Swiss teams are lead by highly experienced and established Managing Directors and Senior Directors based in Paris, Zurich and Geneva. The teams have earned an exceptional reputation for their work & they are highly active in France and Switzerland, working for premium clients on high profile deals: large and mid-cap private equity, fast growth premium small cap deals, multinational corporates, and LBO’s. Their work comprises French and Swiss situations and cross border activity in addition to international situations around the world.

A&M TAG have a unique delivery model that enables junior members of the team to gain extensive exposure to Managing Directors and Senior Directors thus empowering individuals to fast track their careers and development.  We are expanding, and we are looking for experienced and ambitious Interns to join our Transactions Advisory team based in Paris for six months.

The successful Intern will:

• This role will be specifically focused on serving the Swiss and French markets
• We operate as a Global team and the individual may also gain insight to projects in the UK and across Europe
• Join a growing team with strong leadership, bright, energetic people with a truly entrepreneurial spirit
• Gain experience in M&A research and engagement support for our Transaction Advisory Group
• Gain exposure to international projects on behalf of many of the most prominent organisations across worldwide

The main tasks will include: 

• Assist on financial due diligence buy-side and sell-side assignments.
• Support with preparing proposals for Financial Due Diligence and Financial Vendor Assistance projects
• Other M&A related (research) tasks e.g. assisting on managing intelligence on forthcoming deals, and working on targeting of private equity

Requirements: 

• Fluent business level in German, French and English is essential
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient with Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong interest in Accounting, Finance and M&A deal cycle
• Strong interest in a career within Transactions Advisory
• Knowledge of Alteryx is a plus

A&M’s Global Transaction Advisory Group (“TAG”) is the largest transaction advisory practice outside the Big 4 audit firms. Our award-winning practice includes over 800 professionals in 35 offices across the U.S., Middle East, Europe, Latin America, India and Asia Pacific.  We have established A&M as the leading provider of Financial Due Diligence globally outside the big four & the no.1 firm to develop a pan European career in Transaction Advisory today.

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