Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions
London, United Kingdom · Full-time
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Engagement
- Full-time
- Experience
- Analyst
- Function
- M&A
The Role
The firm is recruiting an Analyst to support its M&A practice. The role covers the full deal lifecycle, financial modelling, information memorandum preparation, valuation analysis, due diligence coordination, and close support across buy-side and sell-side mandates.
The firm advises privately held businesses, founder-led enterprises, family offices, and portfolio companies on transactions across multiple sectors and jurisdictions. Analysts are embedded directly in live mandates and work alongside senior practitioners on transactions ranging from mid-market sales to complex cross-border combinations.
This is a career-defining role for a high-calibre individual seeking direct exposure to private-market M&A under senior supervision.
The Firm
Ladd & Co. is a private advisory and investment firm acting for principals, families, and private institutions across M&A, capital placement, structuring, and related mandates. The firm is family owned, operates across nine cities, and does not advertise its work. Clients come to us on a name, and they stay for generations.
Requirements
- 1–3 years' experience in investment banking, principal investing, professional services, or a directly relevant field
- Strong quantitative skills and fluency in financial analysis
- Demonstrated ability to manage confidential information with discretion
- Comfortable working across multiple jurisdictions and time zones
- Right to work in the relevant jurisdiction
The process
The firm publishes its hiring process in full.
Working at the firm
Life at Ladd & Co.
Serious work. Room for a life.
Bring your judgement, curiosity and sense of responsibility. Work with colleagues across jurisdictions on matters that shape businesses, ownership and families.
A firm built on trust asks people to take ownership of their work. It also gives them a team and a platform to carry it through.
Freedom with accountability
Work is organised around outcomes and client commitments. There are no timesheets. Agree what needs to happen, keep people informed and deliver it well.
One firm, across borders
The firm works remotely across nine cities. Colleagues coordinate across time zones, bringing different experience to the same client relationship.
The firm behind your work
Firm identity, shared systems, relevant relationships and execution support give people a common foundation for their work.
Support for the whole person
A shared foundation for people working with the firm, with room for different lives and local needs.
Health & wellbeing
A flexible allowance towards health cover, fitness and wellbeing, with access to confidential support when it is needed.
Learning & qualifications
An annual learning budget for relevant courses, professional qualifications and memberships, alongside development through the work itself.
Your working environment
Support for a reliable workspace, suitable equipment and connectivity, so working remotely has a practical foundation.
Time to recharge
Planned time away with coordinated cover and clear handovers. Time-off arrangements that recognise the need for sustained work and a life beyond it.
Family & life support
Confidential guidance and practical resources through family changes, caring responsibilities and the unexpected demands of life.
Financial wellbeing
Independent education and planning resources to help people make informed decisions about their finances and longer-term goals.