M&A Research Consultant

We are seeking a freelance research consultant with active access to PitchBook (or an equivalent database) to support rapid market and transactions research in the context of a potential business search and acquisition projects.

Key responsibilities

- Use PitchBook (or equivalent) to identify relevant companies as agreed in project brief
- Provide a shortlist of comparable companies and a summary “landscape” view (segments, geography, size, ownership where available).
- Extract and summarise relevant transaction data (recent deals, deal rationale, valuation metrics where available, investors/buyers).
- Provide clear, well-structured outputs suitable for inclusion in a client deck (tables + concise insights).
- Work to a fast turnaround and respond to clarifications quickly.

Requirements

You must have your own PitchBook licence/access or equivalent and be able to confirm this.

- Demonstrable experience producing investment research, market landscaping, or M&A screening outputs.
- Strong judgement on what is “board/deck-ready” (clean tables, clear citations/sources, concise insights).
- High attention to detail and comfort working to tight timelines.
- Discretion and professionalism; confidentiality is essential.
- Deliverables - examples
- Company list/shortlist (Excel) + 1–2 page summary of key themes
- Deal list (Excel) + summary insights (Word or PPT-ready bullets)
- Optional: charts/tables for direct insertion into slides