Private Equity - Zürich Intensive

Scheduling details

Dates: 6th June & 7th June 2026

Duration: 16 hours

Days: Saturday & Sunday

Time:

• Switzerland/Europe: 09:00 CET to 17:00 CET

Weekend Intensive Bootcamp 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 bring their laptop with Microsoft Excel installed.

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

   
   

Course Agenda