Overview
This internship offers a high-intensity training experience in private equity and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) focused on the lower-middle-market. The program emphasizes practical dealmaking skills through live interactions, negotiation psychology, and real transaction exposure rather than passive research or theoretical financial modeling.
Responsibilities
- Conduct daily outbound calls to business owners and executives
- Navigate objections and gather context to understand founder motivations
- Learn negotiation techniques used by buyers and sellers beyond textbook theory
- Practice professional persuasion and maintain structured, outcome-oriented conversations
- Support deal structuring in lower-middle-market M&A transactions
- Analyze seller motivations and buyer constraints
- Evaluate deal fit, feasibility, and readiness
- Understand mechanics of earnouts, seller financing, rollover equity, reps & warranties, and other deal components
- Observe and assist in live buyer–seller interactions
- Prepare call notes, next steps, and negotiation plans
- Learn how valuation gaps and deal structures are negotiated and adjusted dynamically
- Understand factors that cause deals to fail or succeed
- Follow transaction pacing, sequencing, and the psychological progression of deals
Requirements
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to learn quickly
- Desire for early responsibility
- Interest in understanding real-world dealmaking processes
- Preference for learning by doing rather than passive observation
- Enjoyment of structured, dynamic conversations over spreadsheet-heavy analysis
- Must be fluent in English
Preferred Qualifications
- Students or individuals seeking hands-on experience in private equity and M&A
Compensation & Benefits
- Paid hourly internship
- 100% real-world communication and deal execution experience
- Rapid exposure to transaction mechanics
- Opportunities to collaborate with deal and research teams for high performers after one month
- Potential to earn up to 20% of success fees when managing deal flow, with some interns accumulating bonus pools exceeding $50,000
- Strong preference to convert interns to full-time roles; previous cohorts have successfully transitioned interns to full-time positions
Location
Not specified