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Manager / Associate Director, Special Situations M&A
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Manager / Associate Director, Special Situations M&A
Special Situations M&A Manager / Associate Director
The Role
The Special Situations M&A team is part of Capital Advisory within Teneo Financial Advisory. The team delivers bespoke M&A solutions across stressed, distressed, and insolvency/bankruptcy situations, focusing on maximising value and delivering deal certainty in challenging environments.
Since its launch in 2008, the team has completed over 150 transactions, ranging from £5m to £200m+, across diverse sectors and geographies. Teneo is now seeking a Manager / Associate Director to join our rapidly growing and successful operation.
As a Manager / Associate Director, you will:
- Lead high-value, complex engaged across all sectors.
- Lead workstreams, manage junior teammates, and collaborate with Directors, Managing Directors, and Senior Managing Directors in client-facing execution.
- Offer strategic advisory to boards, investors, and distressed companies.
Our sector-agnostic team advises UK-based businesses with underperformance, financial distress, or complex transactions, covering three core offerings:
- Accelerated M&A (deals typically completed in 9 days to 9 weeks)
- Non-Standard M&A (tailored solutions for distressed businesses, including carve-outs, leveraged buyouts, and debtor-in-possession OBIs)
- Strategic M&A Advisory (restructuring M&A strategy options)
This is an ideal opportunity for ambitious professionals seeking to grow expertise in Special Situations M&A while working closely with top-tier consultants, leveraging resources across Financial Advisory and Teneo’s wider practice.
Key Responsibilities
Client Service
- Provide end-to-end advisory on sell-side and buy-side transactions, managing daily execution with Senior Managing Directors/Managing Directors.
- Oversee information memoranda, pitch books, valuations, and regulatory compliance throughout transactions.
- Drive deal timelines and process strategy, acting as the principal point of contact for day-to-day operations.
- Assist clients in preparing and challenging business plans, cash flow forecasts, and financial strategies.
- Lead negotiations with buyers, coordinate due diligence, and anticipate critical buyer inquiries.
- Draft term sheet adjustments, engagement letters, and compliance documents.
- Evaluate transaction economics and oversee Quality Risk Management processes.
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Knowledge Acquisition
- Build sector expertise and leadership skills.
- Expand financial advisory, corporate restructuring, and people management competencies.
- Deepen understanding of Topical issues, market trends, and Teneo’s Financial Advisory strategy.
People and Leadership
- Support talent development, mentor and coach junior staff.
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative culture while overcoming team challenges.
- Embed diversity, equity, and inclusion in project execution.
Business Development
- Develop market awareness for Special Situations M&A in the UK.
- Take ownership of client relations, deal origination by researching industries and expanding contact networks.
- Contribute to client engagement, branding, and marketing efforts led by Senior Directors.
- Identify cross-selling opportunities with Teneo’s broader services.
Key Skills & Experience
- Proven M&A Advisory experience, preferably in corporate finance consultancy, investment banking, or special situations funds.
- Deep expertise in Corporate Finance, with practical knowledge of insolvency, rescue financing, restructuring, and distressed asset transactions.
- Understanding of deal structuring (shares vs. assets, pre-packs vs. ad hoc administrations) and legal/commercial intricacies.
- Strong financial diagnostics skills with the ability to analyze, forecast, and challenge business models.
- Impeccable numeracy, attention to detail, and data-driven decision-making.
- Technical and commercial acumen—ability to challenge clients globally while securing positive client outcomes.
- Excellent stakeholder management, presentation, and negotiation skills.
- Project management and team leadership experience.
- Track record in business development versus securable clients.
- Proficiency in fluent oral/written English (mandatory).
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Additional strengths (desirable):
- Experience across multi-disciplined advisory, including insolvency, tax, and governance.
- Industry specialist knowledge (not mandatory, but beneficial).
Why Join Teneo’s Financial Advisory Team?
Teneo partners with clients navigating financial stress, helping to restore value, raise capital, restructure debt, and identify opportunities in chaos.
We combine strategy, finance, consulting, communications, and legal expertise to deliver actionable solutions and introduce clarity during uncertainty.
Our global reach and 45+ offices provide unparalleled opportunities to work alongside a diverse team, gaining exposure to high-visibility engagements across the world.
What We Offer
- Induction & career progression: Six-month promotion opportunities; structured career-acceleration programs.
- Competitive benefits package:
- Market-leading salary
- 28 days holiday + 1 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) day
- Discretionary bonus, enhanced maternity/paternity leave (up to 1 year), and shared parental leave.
- Cash incentives, investment in personal development, MERIT Financial Analytics, Group Income Protection, and Life Assurance.
- Healthcare offerings, cycle-to-work schemes, social and cultural events
- Workplace flexibility: Hybrid-based positions with option for office days (#LI-Hybrid)
About Teneo
Teneo is the global CEO Advisory firm, specializing in helping executives and stakeholders solve challenges, generate value, and navigate uncertainty. Our global team partners with:
- FTSE 100/Fortune 500 clients
- Governments, institutions, and private equity firms worldwide
Services include:
- Strategic communications, Investor Relations
- Financial transactions & restructuring
- Management consulting, risk analysis
- Boards & leadership advisory, ESG & DE&I
- Regulatory, government affairs & geopolitics
Reach: 1,600+ employees across 45+ offices. Together, we help transform organizations for a better future.
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