Corporate Finance Associate - Transaction Services

ING is a family, friendly organisation offering a hybrid working pattern. The Corporate Finance team are required to be office based 4 days per week.

Department Overview

The Trustee team oversees the implementation of merger remedies (typically the sale of a division/business, or behavioural requirements) imposed by the major competition regulators (the European Commission, UK Competition and Markets Authority, United States Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission, and Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation) as a condition to the approval of global mergers and acquisition where the regulators have anti-trust concerns.

Candidate Profile

Qualification/Education 

Essential:

• Bachelors degree

Desirable:

• Accounting or legal qualification  

Experience/Knowledge

Essential:

• 3-5 years’ professional experience with a major accountancy, legal or management consulting firm 

Desirable:

• Experience working on carve-out and/or remedy transactions

Main Duties and Responsibilities of Role:
Key responsibilities:

• Overseeing the interim management of the division/business being sold
• Monitoring the M&A sales process with the seller’s M&A team and their advisers
• Reviewing the financial performance of the business being sold
• Carrying out an assessment of the purchaser; and
• Overseeing the separation of the division/business being sold and the plans for integration into the purchaser’s business. 

The role will include: 

• Preparing and participating in marketing presentations to major multinational businesses, competition lawyers and regulators; 
• Participating in site visits and regular meetings with the seller’s M&A team and the management of the business being sold; and 
• Preparing periodic reports to the competition regulators. 

The job provides a high level of client contact at a senior level and exposure to large international M&A transactions. The Associate will work closely with the Managing Director and Directors in the Trustee team, as well as the wider corporate finance practice.

Personal Competencies

Essential:

• Proficiency in written English (report writing), strong financial, analytical and communication skills, proactive approach to problem solving

Desirable:

• European language and/or Chinese language skills

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