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Project Finance vs. Corporate Finance: Careers, Recruiting, Financial Modeling, and More

Mergers and Inquisitions

Corporate Finance: Careers From a career perspective , “corporate finance” roles are generalist and exist at normal companies, investment banks, and many investment firms. in FP&A roles ) to advising clients on M&A deals in investment banking.

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Freestate Electric, LLC Acquired By Sojitz Energy Services LLC

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

The CCA investment banking team on this transaction included Managing Director Charlie Maskell and Managing Director Tim Brasel who focused on client management, deal strategy, and deal negotiations. Vice President Katie Kieran led day-to-day deal execution and client management. Offit Kurman served as legal counsel to Freestate.

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The Search Fund Internship: Perfect Pathway into Investment Banking and Private Equity Roles?

Mergers and Inquisitions

You can think of a search fund as a private equity firm meets a SPAC , minus the celebrity sponsor who’s there to swindle retail investors. Like a PE firm, a search fund raises capital from outside investors and aims to multiply that capital by investing it – but like a SPAC, it makes only one acquisition.

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Mergers and Inquisitions

Corporate finance jobs at normal companies are bad … …if you’re using them to break into a deal-based field, such as investment banking , private equity , or venture capital , or as a “Plan B” if you interview around but do not get into one of these. not banks or investment firms).

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The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: The Start of Great Financial Crisis 2.0?

Mergers and Inquisitions

These loans create matching deposits on the L&E side of the bank’s Balance Sheet, and the bank then finds real deposits or other funding sources to back the loans. In other words, banks’ lending activities are not constrained by their deposits. Set Up a “Bond Ladder” – You know, just like every retail investor does.

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Vertical Merger Integration: Definition, Legal, and Regulatory Considerations

Peak Frameworks

If you're interested in breaking into finance, check out our Private Equity Course and Investment Banking Course , which help thousands of candidates land top jobs every year. Valuation Techniques: Employing discounted cash flow (DCF) and comparative analysis to ascertain the target’s value.

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

Mergers and Inquisitions

Growth equity firms could invest in any industry but tend to be skewed toward technology and TMT , with some exposure to consumer/retail , healthcare , and financial services. Many people still get in from investment banking and management consulting , but some also get in from VC and finance-related jobs at startups.