Executive Director — EMEA Mergers & Acquisitions (London)

JPMorgan Chase Investment Banking

Role Overview:

As an Executive Director in the EMEA M&A team, you will play a senior role in originating and executing complex M&A transactions. This position has a particular focus on advising leading global financial investors, particularly those active in the infrastructure space. You will act as a key day-to-day client contact, carry overall deal responsibility across workstreams, and help drive the team’s growth agenda in the EMEA market from our London office.

About the Team:

You will be part of the EMEA M&A team and join the specialized Infrastructure M&A team which partners closely with Funds Coverage, sector, country and product teams to deliver best-in-class outcomes for clients. While you lead from an M&A perspective you will be partnering with dedicated sector teams that focus on:

• Digital infrastructure
• Transportation infrastructure
• Energy, power, utilities and mining infrastructure
• Mission-critical services that are part of the infrastructure asset class and
• Social infrastructure

Key Responsibilities:

• Origination leadership: Source and develop sell-side M&A opportunities with leading infrastructure funds, global asset managers, pension/SWFs and other infrastructure owners.
• Execution excellence: Lead end-to-end M&A execution across public and private transactions, including sell-side mandates, corporate carve-outs, buy-sides and secondary transactions.
• Client leadership: Serve as the primary day-to-day relationship and deal lead, guiding clients through strategy, process, and negotiations.
• Cross-platform coordination: Partner effectively with Funds Coverage, sector teams, and product partners to deliver integrated advice.
• Process management: Oversee diligence, Q&A, management presentations/interviews, stakeholder management, and negotiations through signing and closing.
• Quality control: Review and refine marketing and execution materials to the highest standard, ensuring maximum client impact.
• Team leadership: Manage, mentor, and train junior bankers; coordinate analytics and outputs across deal teams.
• Risk management: Identify, manage, and escalate execution, regulatory, and reputational risks appropriately throughout the transaction lifecycle.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills

• Significant relevant experience (min 9 years) in investment banking M&A with a demonstrable track record of leading transactions.
• Strong M&A skillset with the ability to source and run complex processes and manage multiple stakeholders under tight deadlines.
• Experience in negotiations of transactions including relevant legal documentation
• Outstanding financial analysis and modelling capability; experience defining and overseeing valuation workstreams.
• Self-directed, highly motivated with strong project management and attention to detail; ability to deliver consistently under pressure.
• A collaborative, inclusive leadership style and experience developing junior talent.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong client-facing presence.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word); Bloomberg experience preferred.
• Infrastructure sector familiarity is beneficial but not a pre-requisite but In-depth understanding of investment banking products and experience dealing with financial investor clients is preferable

Leadership & Location:

This position is based in London within JPMorgan Chase Investment Banking. The EMEA Infrastructure M&A team is headed by Julian Schmidt.