BDA Partners is the global investment banking advisor. We are a premium provider of Asia-related advice to sophisticated clients globally, with over 30 years’ experience advising on cross-border M&A, capital raising, and financial restructuring. We provide global reach with our teams in New York and London, and true regional depth through our seven Asian offices in Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore and Mumbai. BDA has extensive expertise in the Chemicals, Consumer & Retail, Health, Industrials, Services, Sustainability and Technology sectors.
We are now seeking for Intern Analysts in our London office for Summer 2026 with the availability to work fulltime for at least 6 months starting from June/July 2026.
Job Details
A career with BDA is dynamic and rewarding and provides excellent opportunities for international work, training, career advancement and remuneration. Given our high-quality cross-border deal flow, successful candidates will obtain significant hands-on experience and responsibility early in their careers, and have advancement opportunities within BDA globally.
Our internship cycles are as follows:
- Winter Internship January – June 2027 6 months
- Summer Internship June/July – November/December 2027 6 months
A career with BDA is dynamic and rewarding and provides excellent opportunities for international work, training, career advancement and remuneration. Given our high-quality cross border deal flow, successful candidates will obtain significant hands-on experience and responsibility early in their careers, and have advancement opportunities within BDA globally.
We are now seeking for Intern Analysts in our London office, with the availability to work fulltime for 6 months. Due to employment visa regulations in the UK we limit our internship offers to only candidates with the rights to work in the UK.
Job Description
Successful candidates will support deal teams with a wide variety of tasks around our M&A advisory mandates. In particular, an Intern Analyst’s work will typically cover the following:
- >Conduct research and analysis for:
- Target profiles
- Industry analysis
- Potential buyer profiles
- Comparable listed companies valuation
- Comparable transactions valuation
- >Assist drafting of important pitch documents and marketing materials
- Pitch books for potential transactions
- Marketing documents for mergers and acquisitions mandates, such as teasers, information memorandums and management presentations
- >Attend meetings with clients and counterparties, and prepare concise, insightful notes on the meeting
Job Qualifications
We are interested in candidates who meet the following criteria. Prior experience in finance or banking is highly desirable.
- Highly motivated, enthusiastic and shows initiative
- Excellent analytical skills
- Ability to multi-task and manage a variety of projects in a dynamic, team-oriented environment
- An outstanding appreciation for accuracy of information and clean, perfect formatting
- Consistently produce work to a high standard of quality, thoughtfulness and insight within prompt deadlines
- Clear, confident social and communication abilities (both written and verbal) to interact in a natural, compelling manner with senior executives
- Adherence to strict confidentiality
- A strong interest in Asia and a desire to develop a career in Asian M&A
- Good commercial sense and an interest and inherent curiosity in companies, their operations and strategies
- Fluency in English, capabilities in other European languages would be favourable
- Fundamental understanding of financial statements and valuation principles and techniques
- Superior knowledge of advanced tools in PowerPoint, Excel and Word
Application Process
As part of our recruitment process, all applicants are required to complete a 40-minute online financial aptitude assessment.
Once you submit your application, you will be directed to the assessment. You will also receive an email with the assessment link and completion deadline. We recommend setting aside uninterrupted time in a quiet environment before starting.
Your application will only be considered complete once the assessment has been submitted. All information received will be treated in strict confidence. Due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.
Deadline
31 November 2026