Investment Banking Summer Analyst, Life Sciences

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Our Life Sciences investment banking team provides strategic advice to innovative, cutting‑edge companies in the Bio Tech and Med Tech sectors. The rapid and cost‑effective development of therapies, products and technologies is critical not just to public health, but to the functioning of society and economic activity. Companies leading the research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of innovative therapies count on our deep technical and financial expertise to guide their capital‑raising and M&A efforts.

As industry specialists, our bankers have extensive knowledge of the sector and the competitive landscape, serving clients that are developing therapies, products and technologies across a broad range of therapeutic areas, including oncology, immunology, neurology/CNS, rare disease, genetic medicines, and liver disease, among others.

We know you have choices on how you spend your summer but encourage you to apply for William Blair’s 2027 Investment Banking Life Sciences Summer Analyst Program. Take the opportunity to build on the fundamentals of your academic background, gain practical knowledge to help prepare you for your next steps and be part of an organization that fosters innovation and invests in our most important asset, our people.

The summer program provides all summer analysts with unique opportunities to:

• Develop specialization within Bio Tech or Med Tech
• Work alongside junior and senior bankers over the course of the 9‑week program
• Take on all functions of a full‑time analyst
• Research and creation of pitch materials
• Conduct valuation analyses to value potential clients
• Deepen industry knowledge through the preparation of relevant landscape analyses
• Projects relevant to public and private financings and M&A trends in the life sciences space
• Meaningfully contribute to all aspects of live financing and M&A transaction processes
• Get direct client exposure in a culture of collaboration and accountability
• Be a part of an energetic, entrepreneurial environment
• Experience a team‑oriented culture focused on client service excellence
• Be a part of a firm that is 100% owned by active partners
• Join a team that is focused on developing highly talented people who want to build a long‑term career and have an immediate impact

Throughout the 9‑week program, summer analysts are evaluated for opportunities in our full‑time class, upon graduation.

Pursuing undergraduate bachelor’s degree with anticipated graduation between December 2027 - June 2028

Cumulative GPA of 3.5 or above preferred (but open to all applicants)

Undergraduate major: all majors considered (field of life science preferred)

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