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Bob Lipton Joins FOCUS Investment Banking as Managing Director in Human Capital Management Team to Expand M&A Services to the Legal Community

Focus Investment Banking

Washington, DC, (January 8, 2025) FOCUS Investment Banking, a leading middle-market investment banking firm, is pleased to announce that Bob Lipton has joined the firm as a Managing Director in the Human Capital Management (HCM) team.

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Top Private Equity Firms for Associate Opportunities

OfficeHours

When you first decide to enter the world of private equity, you will undoubtedly be more overwhelmed than you were when you entered investment banking recruiting. GTCR: Moving to the Windy City, GTCR is one of the most well-known and established middle-market private equity funds in the world. Best of luck!

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On-Cycle Private Equity Recruiting: Will PE Firms Start Recruiting 10-Year-Old Children Soon?

Mergers and Inquisitions

When firms kicked off the on-cycle private equity recruiting process in June this year, before IB Analysts had even started their training , some people were shocked. This process contrasts with off-cycle recruiting , where firms start at later, varied dates, complete more extended, careful interviews, and hire for immediate start dates.

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Capital Markets vs. Investment Banking: Deals, Careers, Recruiting, Exits, and Offer Decisions

Mergers and Inquisitions

Even though we’ve covered industry groups vs. product groups and teams such as M&A , ECM , DCM , and Leveraged Finance , we continue to get questions about capital markets vs. investment banking. The questions usually go like this: Are capital markets teams (ECM, DCM, and LevFin) “real” investment banking?

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06-22-2023 Newsletter: Navigating Layoffs in Investment Banking

OfficeHours

Treat recruiting like your full time job and you should be able to convert an offer within 3 months. If you’re already spoken with headhunters in the past, maybe about PE recruiting or otherwise, now is a good time to have a “reset” conversation to give them an update on your recruiting needs. Deal experience is crucial.

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08-18-2023 Newsletter: From Student Athlete/IB/PE to Incoming MBA

OfficeHours

Most recently, he thrived as a Private Equity Associate at Sverica Capital Management – a prominent growth-oriented lower middle market private equity firm with an impressive $2.0 billion in aggregate committed capital. Where do you currently stand in On-Cycle 2025 Recruiting? Yes, I’m interested!

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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity. Over the past few decades, growth equity (GE) has gone from an afterthought to a major asset class for huge investment firms.