Stage Rating - Global Advisory – Juillet 2027

About the role

Six-month internship in Rothschild & Co’s Global Rating Advisory team in Paris. The role supports origination and execution of corporate rating advisory mandates, including transaction-related advice, credit analysis, financial modelling, valuation, and preparation for rating-agency meetings. Interviews begin in January.

Team and mandate

• Global Rating Advisory originates and executes mandates internationally, with a strong presence across the EMEA region.
• Advisory work covers M&A, ECM, and DCM transactions, long-term corporate mandates, and inaugural ratings.
• The team advises clients on capital structures, financial policies, rating methodologies, and communication strategies.

Responsibilities

• Support the origination and execution of corporate Rating Advisory mandates.
• Research, model, analyse business plans, and perform valuations using LBO and multiples methodologies.
• Prepare notes for investment committees and contribute to analysing and executing new investment cases.
• Gain exposure to high-profile transactions and the business models of corporate clients.
• Analyse rating-agency methodologies, liquidity, financial statements, debt instruments, and equity instruments.

Development opportunities

• Build knowledge of rating impacts on capital structures and corporate financial policies.
• Support credit-story development, financial-policy determination, and management briefing for rating-agency meetings.
• Develop understanding of varied Corporate Finance topics through transaction and long-term advisory assignments.