Department :
Infrastructure
Location :
Milan
Contract :
Internship
Duration :
6 months
Start date :
Soon as possible
The role
This internship offers a unique opportunity to help shape the expansion of Ardian’s infrastructure investment activities in Italy and Europe. During the internship, you will work as a full team member alongside our investment professionals (within the Italian team as well as all the other Infrastructure teams globally) and gain insights into the exciting world of the private equity industry. Infrastructure Private Equity at Ardian means entrepreneurial and innovative thinking to find sustainable solutions for social and ecological issues while being a reliable partner to our stakeholders. We see ourselves as active managers of our portfolio companies and support our management teams on topics including digitalisation and decarbonisation. Ardian has made 55+ investments in essential infrastructure in Europe, North and South America since 2005. Our investments include renewables, hydrogen, power and gas networks, cellular towers, fibre networks, road transport infrastructure, and airports. We currently manage about $24 billion in infrastructure assets and invest from our Infrastructure Fund V, which raised approximately €6.2 billion in equity in 2019.
During the internship the candidate will have the opportunity to deal with:
Collect and analyse information on target companies, their competitors and business sectors, as well as prepare materials for and participate to meetings with industry experts, managers, etc.
Participate in the assessment of investment opportunities (business analysis, company modelling, company valuation, research of comparables, etc.).
Participate in the investment process (including drafting the investment memorandum and reviewing due diligence work performed in various areas: commercial, financial, legal, etc.)
Assistance with the asset management of existing portfolio companies (quarterly valuations, reporting, management of ad-hoc situations, etc)
Required skills
The candidate should possess a broad set of quantitative, qualitative and interpersonal skills, and be a strong team player
Intellectual rigour and discipline; ability to organise and perform work efficiently
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office suite and a good knowledge of financial databases (e.g. Capital IQ, Cerved and Aida)
Proactive style and strong communication skills
Profile
Degree either completed or due to complete from leading business or engineering school or university. Minimum 2:1 or equivalent
Strong commercial understanding of Private Equity
Relevant prior internships in related fields (e.g. M&A, strategy consulting, leveraged finance, Private Equity, infrastructure, or transaction services at a leading auditing company)
Excellent written and verbal Italian and English communication skills.
About the Team
The Infrastructure team at Ardian is an international leader in essential infrastructures. With assets of US$24bn managed or advised, the team’s funds invest in a comprehensive range of infrastructure assets, key to the populations, focusing in particular on energy, transport and telecommunications. Based in Paris, London, Luxembourg, Milan, Madrid, Frankfurt, New York and Santiago de Chile, the team has built trusting relationships and developed a deep understanding of how digitalization and climate change are transforming their sector. In that regard, the 60+ investment professionals are committed to drive innovation and anticipate the future of Infrastructure. Their strategy consists in creating a major renewable energy portfolio and introducing energy efficiency policies in all portfolio company.
Application process
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Skills Required
- Broad quantitative, qualitative and interpersonal skills; strong team player
- Intellectual rigour, discipline, and ability to organise and perform work efficiently
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
- Good knowledge of financial databases (Capital IQ, Cerved, Aida)
- Proactive style and strong communication skills
- Degree completed or due to complete from leading business or engineering school; minimum 2:1 or equivalent
- Strong commercial understanding of Private Equity
- Relevant prior internships in M&A, strategy consulting, leveraged finance, Private Equity, infrastructure, or transaction services
- Excellent written and verbal Italian and English communication skills
Ardian Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ardian and has not been reviewed or approved by Ardian.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is frequently described as strong, with supplemental coverage in Europe and solid medical offerings highlighted in the U.S. Feedback suggests this contributes meaningfully to perceived total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, Europe-specific days such as RTT, and signals of generous parental leave are cited as strengths. Feedback suggests these provisions are a notable advantage in several offices.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — A broad employee-shareholder base is emphasized, aligning incentives and offering accessible ownership participation. Feedback suggests this ownership mindset adds long-term value for staff.
Ardian Insights
What We Do
Ardian is a world-leading private investment house with assets of US$130bn managed or advised in Europe, North America, and Asia. The company is majority-owned by its employees. It keeps entrepreneurship at its heart and focuses on delivering excellent investment performance to its global investor base. Through its commitment to shared outcomes for all stakeholders, Ardian’s activities fuel individual, corporate and economic growth around the world. Holding close its core values of excellence, loyalty and entrepreneurship, Ardian maintains a truly global network, with more than 850 employees working from fifteen offices across Europe (Frankfurt, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Zurich), the Americas (New York, San Francisco and Santiago) and Asia (Beijing, Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul). It manages funds on behalf of round 1,000 clients through five pillars of investment expertise: Fund of Funds, Direct Funds, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Private Debt.
