Second-year Associate - Paris, France - Lazard

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Region 1- EMEA- Business Unit 1- Financial Advisory- Location 1- Paris- Job Description 1
Background:

LAZARD, independent world leader in Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory (M&A), works on every kind of transactions for prestigious clients in France and all over the world.

The Financial Advisory group offers a complete range of services including among others:

  • Mergers and Acquisitions;
  • Asset disposals;
  • Restructuring;
  • Strategic partnerships;
  • General financial advisory.

Job description:


We are looking for a second-year Associate with previous experience in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), for our EMEA team specialized in Telecom, Media & Entertainment.


The Telecom, Media & Entertainment team benefits from an unparalleled track-record in its industry and works on M&A deals across the whole EMEA region and beyond, based in Paris.

You will join a team of c.

10 bankers having worked together on more than 60 transactions over the last 3 years including landmark deals such as:


  • The sale of Iliad's tower assets in France and Italy to Cellnex (€2.6bn EV)
  • The spinoff of Altice USA ($40bn EV)
  • The acquisition of Irish incumbent Eir by Xavier Niel's holding ($4.1bn EV)
  • The sale of a minority stake in Altice Europe's Portuguese unit MEO to Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (€4.6bn EV)
  • Advised TIM in the creation of FiberCop, the leading passive fiber wholesaler in Italy (€7.7bn EV)
  • Advised Altice Europe on its takeprivate by Next Alt, a holding company controlled by Mr. Patrick Drahi (€38.2bn EV)
  • Advised Iliad on the acquisition of Play in Poland and the concomitant sale of Play tower assets to Cellnex
  • Advised Vodafone on its Joint Venture agreement with Altice to create OXG, an urbanfocused cable to fiber wholesale operator in Germany (€9.4bn Project Financing)
  • The sale of Altice's French Towers (Hivory) to Cellnex ($5.2bn EV)
  • The acquisition of Sykes, a US customer experience management services company, by Sitel ($2.2bn)
  • Advised Atlas Investissement (Iliad) on its acquisition of stake in Millicom in Central and South America
  • The sale of Altice Media (inc. BFMTV and RMC notably) (€1.6bn)
  • Advised Orange on its merger with Masmovil in Spain (€18.6bn combined EV)
  • Advised Freya Investissement (Iliad / NJJ Holding) on its acquisition of a 19.8% stake in Tele2 in Sweden (€1.2bn transaction)


The team ranks first in terms of volume of transactions in its industry and is led by telecom rain-maker Vincent Le Stradic.

It serves clients globally and benefits from a strong exposure in the most important transactions in the sector - it is widely recognized for its expertise in Telecom Media & Entertainment and the quality of its M&A advisory.


Profile:


  • Strong academic background from a top class degree(s) in finance from a leading university/school;
  • Required experience in investment banking;
  • Hard skills: Strong analytical and modelling skills, strong investment banking skills (process management notably);
  • Soft skills: Excellent communication and teamwork skills, autonomy, customerfocused;
  • Fluent in English.

Contract type:
Permanent**- This position is available immediately and is based in Paris._

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