The Coverage Group holds the industries:
twelve of them, each with its sub-sectors, published on the site desk by desk.
A senior seat,
close to the work.
The firm hires experienced people into four families of work, and every one of them sits close to real mandates from the first week.
The firm on one page
The firm runs on two axes.
Product Group holds the work:
eighteen engagement products across six families, from transactions and capital through structuring to the situations between them.
And the firm invests as principal through Ladd Capital. Every seat here sits somewhere on that grid, which means you can locate the one you would hold before we ever speak.
9
Offices
12
Industries
6
Disciplines
37
Jurisdictions
$4.7B+
Capital placed1
50+
Mandates closed, TTM2
Majority
Client work begins with an introduction3
#1
Independent advisor,
by discretion4
- 1Aggregate value of capital placed and advised across all engagements since inception.
- 2Trailing twelve months. Includes all mandates brought to close across advisory, placement, and structuring engagements.
- 3Mandates come to the firm through referring professionals across our markets, and the majority of our client work begins with an introduction.
- 4Self-designated. The firm does not disclose client identities, transaction details, or engagement outcomes.
The role families
Origination.
Directors and Associates who build coverage,
run the conversations, and close engagement
agreements, with the firm’s deal teams
executing behind them. Commission-led and
uncapped.
run the conversations, and close engagement
agreements, with the firm’s deal teams
executing behind them. Commission-led and
uncapped.
Execution.
M&A, capital, and structuring professionals who
run the mandates: process, diligence, materials,
negotiation support, and closings, under a deal
captain.
run the mandates: process, diligence, materials,
negotiation support, and closings, under a deal
captain.
Operations and platform.
The engineers, operators, and back-office
professionals who run the machine behind the
firm: the platform, compliance, and the client
experience.
professionals who run the machine behind the
firm: the platform, compliance, and the client
experience.
Portfolio operators.
Chief executives and operating leaders for the
platforms Ladd Capital backs. People who have
run companies and will run them again, with a
firm behind them.
platforms Ladd Capital backs. People who have
run companies and will run them again, with a
firm behind them.
Ladd Capital
The advisory arm earns fees.
Ladd Capital holds positions: significant minority and majority stakes in operating companies and platforms, taken as principal, with the firm's own capital at risk.
The two are built to feed each other, and the Capital division hires
differently because of it. We look for operators to run what we
back, with real authority and real equity, and we would rather find
them before we need them. If you have operated companies and
want the next one to come with a firm behind it, say so in your
application.
How we work
Nine cities, one standard.
If you have spent a career inside a bulge bracket or a large practice, most of what you know transfers; what changes is the distance between you and the client, which here is close to zero. The firm is family owned and thinks in generations, so the work is judged on the decade it builds, not the quarter it lands in.
Discretion is not a policy; it is the nature of the work.
Americas
New York · Palm Beach · George Town
Europe
London · Zürich
Asia Pacific
Singapore · Hong Kong · Sydney
Middle East
Dubai
Who does well here
The seniors who do well here arrive with a market they know cold, relationships that answer when they call, and an appetite to be measured on outcomes rather than tenure.
The work sits closer to the client and further from committee than it does inside a large institution, and it suits people who prefer it that way.
The process
Apply, a screening call, a piece of work matched to the role, and a final conversation walking it.
Every level completes the work step, including the most senior hires, and we keep it that way on purpose.
What you did twenty years ago may not be relevant today, and today is not what we are hiring for either: the firm is built with a minimum of thirty years in mind. The work step is where relevance shows, in both directions. It is a few days of real judgement, not an examination. Read how we hire.
Questions.
No listed role
We are always interested in experienced people whose work speaks plainly, whether or not a listed role fits. Submit a general application through the positions page and say what you would do here. The specific ones are the ones that advance.
How do the commission seats work?
The Director seat is commission-led and uncapped, and it has its own page.
I am currently employed. Is the process confidential?
Yes. Discretion is the nature of this firm, and it begins with your application. We contact no one without your consent, and the screening call is with the firm directly.
Is there a route for operators?
Yes. Ladd Capital backs platforms and appoints the people to run them. If that is your background, say so in your application.
Does the work step really apply at my level?
Without exception. It is a compressed piece of real judgement with a deadline, open tools including AI, and a conversation about it with the people you would work with.
Where would I sit?
Across the firm’s nine offices; each listing states its city and format. For senior seats, the market you can cover matters more than the desk you sit at.
