Investment Banking Technology M&A Vice President - Menlo Park, CA (Silicon Valley)

Morgan Stanley's Global Technology Group is looking for the most curious, creative and driven bankers to join our Technology M&A team in our Menlo Park office, in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Morgan Stanley helps clients realize differentiated outcomes on the largest, most complex and challenging M&A assignments. In the last year, our group has advised on industry-defining transactions including:

• Wiz's $32Bn Sale to Google
• $113Bn Combination of xAI and X
• Intel's $9Bn Carve-out Sale of 51% of Altera to Silver Lake
• Clearlake's $5.3Bn Acquisition of ModMed
• Just Eat's $4.6Bn Sale to Prosus
• AMD's $3bn Divestiture of ZT Systems Data Center Infra. Mfg. Business to Sanmina
• Rocket's $1.75Bn Acquisition of Redfin
• CoreWeave's $1.7bn Acquisition of Weights & Biases
• Couchbase's $1.5Bn Sale to Haveli

With the explosive impact of AI redefining sectors across the global economy, we see the pace of change in Technology rapidly accelerating, spurring an accelerating pace of deals of all types. We are in turn building out our team to lead the way in guiding clients through this wildly dynamic environment.

Our clients look to us to guide them through a range of the most critical situations they face, including acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, unsolicited overtures and generally evaluating the company's strategic alternatives. In other words, we advise clients on some of the most important decisions they make.

In this context, often facing the highest of stakes, our Vice Presidents play a pivotal role on our teams, planning and overseeing day-to-day project execution while engaging extensively with our clients and colleagues to deliver the best outcomes.

We are looking for candidates that can break down complex situations, synthesize inputs from clients and colleagues, formulate strategies and workplans, mobilize teams, make adjustments on the fly, and ultimately to deliver successful outcomes for our clients.

If you want to be part of our team, helping companies as they face their most challenging and transformative decisions, please apply here.

Qualifications:

• 3-6+ years of investment banking experience

• Experience with a variety of M&A deals:

• Company sales, acquisitions, strategic alternatives reviews

• Involving both public and private companies

• Strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work collaboratively in fast-paced, team-oriented environment, under tight deadlines

• Series licensing required or must be obtained

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or CFA designation a bonus

• Experience working with technology companies a bonus

Submission:

• Resume, ideally including notable deal experience
• Cover letter, including a short explanation of why you think our group is right for you

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren't just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you'll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There's also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Expected base pay rates for the role will be $275,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Morgan Stanley's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our standards of integrity and excellence. Consequently, our recruiting efforts reflect our desire to attract and retain the best and brightest from all talent pools. We want to be the first choice for prospective employees.

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