Subject: FW: TR: RAPHAELE - William Vidal
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 15:29:03 +0000

ESSEC Business School, MBA Degree course, majors in Finance, (Sept 2006-Jul 2011: 5 years)                                                                  Paris 2nd European business school according to Financial Times’ 2015 Survey Major subjects: Corporate Finance, Accounting and Financial Analysis, Merger and Acquisition, Financial Modelling, LBO Valuation,                                                                           Strategic and Financial Analysis, Financial Markets, Trading, Fixed Income and Credit Risk Preparatory Class to Business School, Saint Louis De Gonzagues, (Sept 2003-Jul 2006: 3 years) Paris Intensive preparation courses for exams to the top French business schools Major subjects: Mathematics, Economics, Philosophy, History, English, Spanish Baccalauréat (Equivalent to high-school diploma), (Jul 2003) Paris Economic option, obtained with distinction                                                                                             William VIDAL Address: 34 rue Amelot, 75011 Paris M: +33.7.76.04.63.62. Email: [email-masked]  WORK EXPERIENCE                                      EDUCATION           SKILLS and EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES    Languages: Computer skills:       Sport:                         Leisure:                      Travel:                       Clubs:                      SANTANDER Global Corporate Banking, (July 2015-as of now: 16 months)             Paris CIB / M&A Associate  Share responsibility alongside Senior Bankers for the global coverage of key French & Benelux corporates: - Analytical work (debt capacity, client knowledge…) on the client financial structure and its currents needs/margins - Develop client relationship (pitches preparation and attendance to almost all the high-level meetings with senior bankers) - Manage constant interactions between clients, product teams (trade, ECM/DCM, rates…), and support (Risk, legal…)  Fully originate and execute cross border M&A mandates with a strong exposure and autonomy in transactions executions  Selected transactions among others: - 2015-2016: Buy-side advisor to Lancashire Pension Fund for the acquisition of a 100% stake in a Natural Gas provider in UK - 2016: Sell-side advisor to a French utility for the acquisition of assets of a retail center in Portugal BNP PARIBAS Investment Banking, (Dec 2013-May 2015: 18 months)                                                                                                   New York CIB Coverage Analyst  Credit analyst in charge of the international clients of the coverage team  Prepared credit proposals for new transactions originated from various product team: loan products, trade and capital market - Supported BNP Project finance team on debt capacity analysis and acquisition financing for the sale of Chevron Global  Energy’s $1.3Bn interest in an oil concession in Chad  - Supported BNP M&A team on debt capacity analysis and financing for the acquisition of Einstein Noah and Caribou and the  restructuring of the post-merger group  NOVA FOUNDERS, (Jun 2013-Dec 2013: 6 months)                                                                                                                              Kuala Lumpur Business Developer for Glassesonline, an optical products online retailer  Developed new online payment solutions (upgrade of our PayPal service, implementation of new payment gateways) to improve customer experience and security of transactions.  Achievement: I built a partnership with 7-Eleven in Malaysia to offer customers the possibility to pay cash their online purchase directly in one of the stores  Built partnerships with optometrists and Health Insurance Companies in Australia and New-Zealand  QUILVEST VENTURES (Venture Capital arm of Quilvest Private Equity), (Aug 2010-Mar 2011: 7 months) Paris Intern, Junior Private Equity Analyst  Worked on every step of a PE investment process: fundraising, investment (valuation, deal structure, terms, due diligence…)  Selected transactions among others: - Pitched a US firm developing a new medical device for urologists - Pitched a French expert in innovative payment terminals solutions COMMERZBANK AG, (Aug 2008-Mar 2009: 8 Months) London Intern, Derivatives Sales Assistant Backtesting and redaction of documentation (Term Sheets, Fact sheets) of structured products  French (native), English (fluent), Spanish (working knowledge) Pack Office (Excel and VBA, PowerPoint), Bloomberg, MergerMarket, Factiva, Thomson, Cap IQ… Tennis (11 years, competition level), Soccer (5 years in club), Running Cinema, Politics, Literature, Classical Music (I played piano for 5 years) Western, Southern and Eastern Europe, North America, North Africa, Middle East, Southeast Asia Member of the Finance and the Movie Association at ESSEC