Japan Equities Associate

Title: Associate

Department: Merger Arbitrage

Location: Hong Kong

About Davidson Kempner

Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP is a global investment management firm. Founded in 1983, Davidson Kempner is headquartered in New York and has offices in Philadelphia, London, Dublin, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Mumbai. Our Firm invests globally and opportunistically across the capital structure, in a variety of credit and equity strategies as well as real assets. We apply our multi-dimensional, research-driven investment process to evaluate and execute a diverse range of transactions across asset classes, geographies and market cycles. We target complex, global situations where our experience and expertise can unlock value.

We bring together exceptional people from different disciplines and backgrounds who are energized by the challenges of navigating complexity. We look for people who demonstrate exceptional critical thinking skills, innate curiosity, creativity and embrace diverse viewpoints to calibrate their decisions. These differentiators make our people successful beyond a specific job at Davidson Kempner – but throughout their journey with us over many years.

The Role

We are looking to hire an Associate to support our Japan focused equity investment team based in Hong Kong.

The hire will spend time researching, analyzing and evaluating new and existing equity investments in Asia, especially Japan, focused on helping build out DK’s Japan focused equities book which runs as a concentrated portfolio with a fundamental quality bias.

Responsibilities include identifying, researching and recommending potential investments, and monitoring an investment from initiation to conclusion.

The Person

The ideal candidate will:

• Looking for candidates with 4-5+ years of experience, either on buyside, equity research or investment banking.
• Native Japanese is essential, with fluency in English

The new hire will:

• Deliver consistent, accurate, organized and client-ready work on time, juggle multiple projects effectively
• Show strong analytical reasoning and curiosity; be thoughtful in consistently generating ideas and making improvements; have a solution mindset when faced with problems
• Demonstrate an understanding of client / stakeholder's needs and deliver appropriate solutions that align with the department's priorities; apply industry / market and job specific knowledge to meet those needs
• Be an effective, organized and clear communicator in both written and verbal format; present information simply, including complex and technical content
• Ask for and offer honest and constructive feedback; demonstrate an openness to feedback, and willingness to learn and look for opportunity to further develop
• Hold self and others accountable to the Firm’s Business Principles and Core Values; understand and follow regulatory / risk policies and requirements related to role; protect confidential information; know when to escalate