Manager / Associate Director, Special Situations M&A

The Role The Special Situations M&A team is part of Capital Advisory within Teneo Financial Advisory. The team provides tailored M&A solutions across stressed, distressed and insolvent /bankruptcy situations. We pride ourselves on both maximizing value and delivering deal certainty in challenging conditions. Since its inception in 2008, the Special Situations M&A team has completed over 150 transactions across a broad spectrum of size (typically £5m to £200m), sector and situations.  We are currently looking for a Manager / Associate Director to join our growing and successful team. As a Manager / Associate Director in the team, you will have the opportunity to work and lead on a diverse range of engagements across all sectors, with plenty of responsibility for leading workstreams, managing junior staff and supporting Directors, Managing Directors and Senior Managing Directors in client-facing delivery.  Our diverse team advises boards, banks, investors and the management teams of companies who are underperforming, in financial stress or distress or considering a particularly complex or difficult transaction. The team is sector agnostic and clients are located typically across the UK. The core offering encompasses: Accelerated M&A – M&A in accelerated timeframes (typically 9 days to 9 weeks); Non-Standard M&A – M&A mandates involving underperforming and/or financially stressed businesses and stakeholders which require a bespoke M&A strategy. Examples include carve outs of underperforming non-core subsidiaries of corporates or highly leveraged companies economically owned by its lenders; and Strategic M&A advisory – Advising on strategic restructuring options including M&A strategy. This is an excellent opportunity to work alongside our established team who will support you to utilise and enhance your advisory skills and experience. You will work alongside some of the most experienced practitioners in the field advising the boards, management teams, lenders and shareholders of companies which are underperforming and/or facing any financial stress. There is also an opportunity to work closely on projects with the other Financial Advisory service lines along with the wider Teneo firm.  Key Responsibilities Client service Advising on a range of sell-side and buy-side transactions, managing all parts of the engagement on a day-to-day basis, providing support to the Senior Managing Director/Managing Director/ Director in advising clients and managing external stakeholders. Overseeing the day-to-day management of transactions which includes preparation and delivery of information memoranda, management presentations, valuation analysis and taking responsibility for the preparation of information and client communications. Act as a lynchpin of project team, ensuring deliverable timelines and project strategy are communicated to the junior team and being seen as the ‘go to’ contact on most...