Investment Banking Associate: Restructuring

Firm Overview

GLC Advisors & Co. is a leading independent advisory firm providing objective, conflict-free advice on complex strategic and financial transactions. The firm operates under a senior-led execution model, partnering closely with boards of directors, management teams, and financial sponsors on critical corporate decisions.

GLC’s partners and senior bankers collectively have advised on 900+ completed transactions totaling more than $800 billion in aggregate transaction value, with prior experience at the world’s most selective bulge-bracket and elite boutique investment banks. The firm is consistently engaged on high-impact, analytically intensive mandates across mergers and acquisitions, capital structure advisory, restructurings, and valuation matters.

GLC Advisors maintains offices in New York, Denver, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Role Overview

GLC Advisors is seeking an exceptional Investment Banking Associate to join its Restructuring practice in New York. This role is designed for candidates with strong technical ability, sound judgment, and a demonstrated interest in complex liability management and distressed situations.

Associates work in lean, senior-driven deal teams and are expected to serve as core execution professionals on restructuring, recapitalization, and distressed financing mandates. The position offers substantial responsibility, early client exposure, and direct involvement in negotiations with management teams, creditors, and legal advisors.

Responsibilities

Associates will assume significant ownership across all phases of transaction execution, including:

• Leading the analytical and execution workstreams for restructuring, recapitalization, and distressed financing assignments
• Developing detailed financial models, valuation analyses, and capital structure assessments in distressed and stressed scenarios
• Working directly with clients, creditor groups, legal counsel, and other advisors to advance transactions from mandate through resolution
• Managing deal teams and supervising Analysts to ensure the highest standards of analytical rigor and presentation quality
• Preparing materials for client, creditor, and board-level discussions under demanding timelines

Qualifications

GLC Advisors seeks candidates with a demonstrated record of excellence, including:

• Exceptional analytical capability, intellectual curiosity, and professional judgment
• Prior experience as an Associate within an investment banking restructuring group required
• Demonstrated leadership and team management experience
• Advanced financial modeling, valuation, and financial statement analysis skills
• Ability to independently manage complex workstreams in high-pressure, time-sensitive environments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• High level of attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Bachelor’s degree required
• FINRA Series 79 or Series 7 strongly preferred (required within 90 days of start date)

Compensation & Culture

GLC Advisors offers highly competitive compensation, including performance-based bonus opportunities, commensurate with experience and contribution. The firm provides a comprehensive benefits package and fosters a collegial, intellectually rigorous, and entrepreneurial culture, with a strong emphasis on accountability, professional development, and excellence in execution.

Equal Opportunity Employer

GLC Advisors is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law. The firm complies with all requirements related to reasonable accommodation.