Jefferies International Limited – London
About JefferiesJefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm, providing insight, expertise, and execution services to corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide. In the UK, Jefferies advises a broad range of listed and private companies across sectors, delivering strategic advice on M&A, capital raising, shareholder engagement, and corporate finance matters.
As part of the continued growth of our UK Investment Banking platform, we are seeking an Associate to join the UK Corporate Broking team in London.
Role OverviewThe Associate will play a key role in supporting and developing relationships with UK-listed corporate clients, working closely with senior bankers across Corporate Broking, M&A, ECM, Sector Coverage, and Capital Markets teams.
The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality strategic advice to listed clients, supporting capital markets transactions, monitoring market developments, and contributing to business development initiatives. This role provides significant exposure to senior corporate executives, institutional investors, and capital markets transactions.
This position sits within the wider UK Investment Banking team, offering broad exposure to UK public company advisory, strategic transactions, equity capital markets, and corporate finance activities.
Key Responsibilities Corporate Client Coverage- Support day-to-day management of relationships with UK-listed corporate clients.
- Assist in delivering strategic advice to boards and executive management teams on market positioning, shareholder engagement, governance matters, and corporate strategy.
- Prepare briefing materials for client meetings, board presentations, and investor discussions.
- Monitor company developments, market activity, regulatory changes, and sector trends impacting clients.
- Support execution of strategic advisory assignments including:
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Defence situations
- Corporate restructurings
- Strategic reviews
- Public company transactions
- Conduct detailed financial analysis and valuation work.
- Prepare client presentations, pitch materials, and transaction documentation.
- Work alongside ECM and sector coverage teams on:
- IPOs
- Follow-on offerings
- Placings
- Rights issues
- Convertible securities
- Assist in transaction execution and coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
- Analyse shareholder registers and ownership trends.
- Monitor investor sentiment and market dynamics.
- Prepare shareholder and investor targeting analyses.
- Support management teams in understanding investor perceptions and engagement strategies.
- Contribute to new business origination efforts across the UK market.
- Assist senior bankers in identifying opportunities with existing and prospective clients.
- Develop sector knowledge and market insights to support client acquisition and relationship expansion.
- Bachelor's degree with a strong academic record.
- 3–6 years of relevant investment banking, corporate broking, equity capital markets, advisory, or corporate finance experience.
- Strong understanding of UK public markets and listed company advisory.
- Experience preparing financial models, valuation analyses, and client presentations.
- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
- High attention to detail and strong commercial judgement.
- Previous experience within Corporate Broking, ECM, UK Investment Banking, or a leading advisory platform.
- Knowledge of UK Takeover Code, Listing Rules, and public company regulatory environment.
- Experience working with FTSE-listed and AIM-listed companies.
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Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments.
At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.
Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree with a strong academic record
- 3-6 years of relevant investment banking, corporate broking, ECM, advisory, or corporate finance experience
- Strong understanding of UK public markets and listed company advisory
- Experience preparing financial models, valuation analyses, and client presentations
- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment
- High attention to detail and strong commercial judgement
- Previous experience within Corporate Broking, ECM, UK Investment Banking, or a leading advisory platform
- Knowledge of UK Takeover Code, Listing Rules, and public company regulatory environment
- Experience working with FTSE-listed and AIM-listed companies
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Compensation is positioned as competitive with meaningful upside, with potential for significant earnings depending on group performance and strong years. A formulaic, performance-linked bonus model ties payouts to individual fees or P&L, reinforcing a pay-for-results dynamic.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle perks extend beyond standard coverage, including discount programs, commuter benefits, legal plans, charitable matching, and education assistance such as tuition support and scholarships for employees’ family members. Location-specific perks like gym stipends and free cafeteria lunch are also described as available in some offices.
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Jefferies, the global investment banking firm, has served companies and investors for 60 years. Headquartered in New York, with offices in over 30 cities around the world, the firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage and securities research, as well as asset and wealth management. The firm provides research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets, as well as a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization, and other advisory services, with all businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE: JEF), a diversified financial services company. More about our company can be found at www.jefferies.com.
