Vice President, M&A and Corporate Advisory

JLL•Madison, WI

20h•Onsite

About The Position

JLL Securities, an affiliate of Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”), is seeking a Vice President for its leading real estate M&A investment banking practice in New York City. The team focuses on a breadth of strategic transactions including mergers & acquisitions (take-privates, mergers of equals, PIPEs), divestitures, restructurings, Special Committee advisory and fairness opinions, entity-level and joint venture capital raising and other investment banking deals. The team’s client base includes public/non-traded/private REITs, real estate operating companies and developers, open- and closed-end real estate funds, real estate asset/investment managers and other operating companies across all CRE sectors in the US. JLL’s M&A investment banking team has closed over $40 billion in transactions since its inception in 2012 (as part of a predecessor firm), ranking as a top 10 sell-side investment banking platform by volume over the same time. This opportunity represents a rare chance to gain experience in all stages of real estate investment banking – building skills in real estate and corporate finance modeling, marketing and presentation, deal execution, market study and research, due diligence, and other facets of M&A investment banking – alongside a team of investment banking professionals and JLL’s broader real estate platform.

Requirements

5 years of investment banking or other finance experience (real estate, M&A, capital markets experience preferred)
Exceptional research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Strong corporate finance background
Ability to be an independent worker with a team player attitude
Ability to oversee, mentor and train class of analysts
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; able to interface with top level executives and clients
Self-motivated, team-oriented, and capable of handling several tasks simultaneously
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

Spearheading complex valuation analyses and financial modeling exercises
Organizing and drafting memoranda, presentation materials, and marketing materials
Overseeing operating, financial and accounting due diligence
Preparing and participating in client presentations
Managing multiple aspects of day-to-day transaction execution
Reviewing and analyzing public company filings, legal documents, internal & third-party data / research and other materials as part of the transaction process
Interacting with senior management of clients and investors on day-to-day basis
Daily communication with leaders of other business lines of JLL, such as Investment Sales, Debt Placement, Research and Global Capital
Beginning to build resume of deal activity and industry relationships to facilitate team’s pipeline and business model