Collingwood
M&A Deal Team Intern – Summer 2027
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The Placement
As a Corporate Finance Intern at Collingwood, you’ll join our deal team on live sale mandates for global B2B information, media and events businesses, learning directly from experienced dealmakers and gaining real transaction exposure earlier than you would at a traditional firm. We’re looking for curious, organised students and recent graduates with an interest in finance, M&A or business, and a genuine appetite to learn fast. You don’t need any prior sector knowledge. We’ll teach you how these businesses are valued and what buyers look for.
About Collingwood
Collingwood is a growth, value creation and M&A advisory built specifically for information, media and events businesses. We help clients grow faster and achieve stronger outcomes when they come to sell or raise investment, drawing on deep sector expertise and close relationships with the buyers and investors active in these markets. Our work spans subscription and data businesses, marketing services and digital media, and tradeshows, conferences and 1-2-1 meeting programmes.
What Does the Internship Involve?
You’ll Work Alongside Our Corporate Finance Team On Live Sale Mandates, With The Chance To Get Involved At Every Stage Of a Transaction, Supported By Associates And Senior Colleagues Who Will Review And Guide Your Work. Day To Day, You Will
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- Research and analyse potential buyers, and help prepare deal databooks and sales materials.
- Support buyer engagement, offer analysis, due diligence and legal document work as deals progress.
- Help prepare for client and buyer meetings, including drafting agendas and call notes and following up on actions.
- Support business development, including researching targets and preparing materials for pitches and proposals.
- Contribute to Collingwood’s wider marketing initiatives.
- Use AI tools as part of your everyday workflow to speed up research and analysis.
You’ll also take ownership of a project that runs for the whole placement. It will be agreed with the team at the start of your internship and delivered as a final output at the end. Typical projects include building out Collingwood’s buyer database and market mapping, using proprietary intelligence and publicly available information, or supporting the AI functionality behind our live reporting.
Timeline
Summer 2027, an 8-10 week internship starting end June / beginning July, with some flexibility for the chosen candidate.
What Will You Gain?
- A working understanding of the sectors we operate in and what drives value in each.
- Experience of how a corporate finance team runs day to day, and how a sale process moves from first conversation to completion.
- Hands-on use of the systems and tools a deal team relies on.
- A project you can showcase as your own.
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About You
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Curious about finance, M&A or business. Working towards or with a degree, is one route but work, projects and life experience all count. If you haven’t had the chance to go to university, please apply.
- Comfortable with research and data work, and able to work methodically through databases and spreadsheets.
- Interested in information, media and events businesses, even without prior sector knowledge.
- A confident communicator who is happy to ask questions and contribute in team discussions.
- Organised and reliable, able to manage a project alongside ad hoc requests from the team.
- Keen to take on real responsibility on live deals.
We particularly welcome applications from candidates who may be the first in their family to work in a professional or financial services environment, who did not attend a Russell Group university, or who are coming to M&A by a non-traditional route. If you don’t tick every box but think you’d thrive here, please apply.
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