Private Equity

Scheduling details

Dates: 2nd June 2026 - 25th June 2026

Duration: 16 hours over four weeks

Weekly format: Two sessions of two hours every week

Days: Tuesdays & Thursdays

Times:

• Switzerland/Europe: 18:45 to 20:45 CET

• UK: 17:45 to 19:45 GMT

• India: 22:15 to 00:15 IST

• Singapore: 00:45 to 02:45 SGT

Course Overview

Private equity is different from investment banking. You are not an advisor anymore. You are actively participating in the decision to commit capital to a transaction that bears risk, but promises returns.

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This means understanding the business properly, questioning assumptions, modelling downsides, and forming a clear investment view. ​It also means being able to model an investment structure adapted to the region you are to invest in.

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The Applied Private Equity programme is designed to train you at analyst/associate level, specifically with three goals in mind:

1. To train you technically to build complete underwriting/LBO models to support an investment thesis.

2. To help you think like senior private equity investors - strategically and commercially.

3. To factor in regional specificities that will impact the investment

You will work through a real company case from Europe or Switzerland - building a full underwriting model, structuring leverage, testing scenarios, and assessing returns.

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​​​By the end of the programme, you will become an advanced modeller, able to:

• Approach a target with an investor’s mindset

• Build and challenge a full underwriting model

• Evaluate leverage and debt sustainability

• Identify value creation levers and operational upside

• Analyse risks and credible mitigants

• Form a concise investment thesis

• Communicate your reasoning clearly in discussion​

  
  

Who is this programme for?

• Aspiring Private Equity professionals

• Business or Finance university students

• Career switchers

Are there any pre-requisites?

1. Students must have access to Microsoft Excel and a broadband Internet connection.

2. Good knowledge of corporate finance, accounting and valuation are helpful.

3. Prior to course start, all participants will be provided with free access to LFA's two preparatory online courses: 'Accounting & Valuation fundamentals' and 'Excel for Finance'.

Course Agenda