This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is highly motivated to work in a dynamic team and to contribute to our Investment Banking EMEA M&A franchise.The EMEA Shareholder Engagement and M&A Capital Markets (“SEAMAC”) team is a critical component of the firm’s globally integrated investment banking model and M&A practice. The J.P. Morgan’s EMEA SEAMAC team is now expanding its market-leading activist defence franchise in EMEA. This role represents a unique opportunity to be involved in further building an entrepreneurial enterprise with significant senior sponsorship under J.P. Morgan’s world-class banner as part of our EMEA M&A team.As a Vice President in the EMEA SEAMAC team, the successful candidate will play a central role in advising clients with respect to activist defence preparedness and live activist campaign defence for corporates across industry and country in EMEA.
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You will work with expert professionals at the heart of a leading global investment bank and will get exposure to formal training, hands-on learning opportunities, continuous mentoring and feedback, and numerous development opportunities. You will develop strong skills in the major areas of investment banking and will be given the opportunity to develop into a senior officer who is capable of generating and executing his/her own activist defence mandates.Job responsibilitiesDevelop proprietary knowledge and insights into activist defence and the transactions resulting from shareholder activismUnderstand in detail specific activists and their campaigns globallyAct as a primary day-to-day client point of contact and lead the process in preparing to pitch activist defence, spearhead activist defence preparation mandates, including white paper and rebuttal analysis, and drive the defence streams in live campaigns, including analysis of activist demands, crafting responses to activist demands, formulating campaign strategies, and crafting campaign narratives and organizing the broader defence advisory teams, including PR firms and proxy solicitorsPossess and acquire superior market knowledge relating to developments in EMEA and globally of activist campaigns, shareholder engagement, governance best practices, proxy advisory firm trends, and be able to clearly articulate this knowledge to internal and external partiesWork independently, producing high quality, differentiated, deliverables such as attack and rebuttal materials for activist defence preparedness, investor presentations, fight letters, Board materials and other presentation materials for use in strategic client dialogue or shareholder activism defence engagements (including activism with respect to M&A campaigns), while also helping advance the development of new and insightful tools to further drive strategic client dialogueLeverage the Bank’s resources on behalf of the client, including industry, company and country knowledge from partners in industry and country coverage groups and expertise from product partners in debt and equity capital markets and corporate finance advisory - collating various inputs and analysis and presenting findings and messaging to relevant deal teams and client management teamRequired qualifications, capabilities and skillsRelevant experience in activist defence, activism/shareholder engagement related roles more broadly (e.g., at hedge funds), M&A or Equity Capital MarketsDeep knowledge of corporate finance and accounting and a solid understanding of equity markets and trading dynamics and key institutional shareholders and hedge funds in EMEA and trading dynamicsHighly organized, detail oriented and proactive, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, handling multiple projects with different deal teams and tight deadlinesExceptional written and verbal communication skills with specific ability to communicate concepts and ideas concisely and defend their validityExperience in dealing with clients and other activist defence advisers in moments of high scrutiny for clientsOutstanding financial analysis and modelling skillsIn-depth understanding of investment banking productsSolid project management skills and ability to work collaboratively across industry and countries teamsExperience in training juniors with varied professional backgroundsPreferred qualifications, capabilities and skillsLed activist defence preparation and live campaign mandates on activist defence teams at an investment bankExperience as an investment professional at an activist fundDeep knowledge of activists, activist analysis and tactics and the broader investment and activist advisory community in EMEA and APACABOUT USJ.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world’s most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.ABOUT THE TEAMJ.P. Morgan’s Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.
