Secondaries & Primaries Intern - May 2026 - Seoul

Company

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ARDIAN Korea

Application Deadline

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Rolling basis

Duration

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Minimum 6 months (Start date is ASAP.)

Job Title  

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Intern (Dual Role: Secondaries & Primaries Investment Team, Investor Relations Team)

Objective

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Assist the Korea Team with the Private Equity Secondaries & Primaries investment activities and fundraising in Korea

Ardian is a world-leading private investment house that operates globally from a network of 22 offices and manages or advises US$200bn assets 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 1,110+ employees working from 22 offices across Europe (Paris, Frankfurt, Jersey, London, Zurich, Milan, Luxembourg, Madrid, Amsterdam, Stockholm and Copenhagen), the Americas (New York, San Francisco, Santiago and Montreal), the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) and Asia (Beijing, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong and Sydney). It manages funds on behalf of more than 1,920 clients through five pillars of investment expertise: Secondaries and Primaries Fund of Funds, Direct Funds, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Private Credit.

This position is for the Secondaries & Primaries Investment Team that has recently closed the world’s largest ever $30bn secondaries platform fund, ASF IX, in January 2025.

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Tasks & Responsibilities (Private Equity Secondaries & Primaries, Investor Relations)

• Supporting the investment process:
  • Preparation of investment models and memorandums for Secondaries (pricing and execution), Primary fund investments, and Direct co-investments;
  • Financial modelling and analysis;
  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis of transactions

• Assisting in the monitoring of existing private equity investments:
  • Portfolio management and allocation;
  • Market and financial research

• Assisting in the Investor Relations business:
  • Fundraising and Secondary pitch materials;
  • Market research;
  • Investor reporting materials;
  • KOR to ENG, ENG to KOR translation

Minimum Qualifications

• Top academic performance from leading universities;
• The candidate should possess a broad set of quantitative, qualitative and interpersonal skills, and be a strong team player. He/she should be able to critically assess an industry's competitive dynamic, cyclicality, and profit pools; a target company's current competitive position, operational performance and future earnings capacity; and customer and/or supplier relationships. He/she should also have strong financial modelling skills;
• Ideally the candidate would have prior experience in an investment bank/corporate advisory/ private equity/consulting position;
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint is essential;

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