Moonshot or Minitest?

Name: Chloe Lee Year: Sophomore Major: Economics Minor: Business Institutions CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Shore Capital Partners I interned at Shore Capital Partners as part of my CFS experience. During the internship, despite it being entirely virtual, I was able to contribute meaningfully to live deals and existing portfolio projects through taking various…

Building Skills in Investment Banking

Name: Max Emery Year: Sophomore Major: Economics and Statistics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Comprador For my CFS Experience, I worked as an Investment Banking Intern with Comprador Ltd, the successor firm to Blackstone Advisory Partners Asia. Prior to this, I had one experience in investment banking from the previous summer, but I wanted…

Dresner Experience: Learning Through Other Interns

Name: Boyang Zhou Year: Sophomore Major(s): Economics, Statistics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Dresner Partners When I began working at Dresner as an investment banking intern, I knew that there would definitely be a steep learning curve. This was my first internship in the industry and I knew little about the tools that the…

Invaluable Mentorship Discovered in Investment Banking

Name: Tim Lan Year: Sophomore Major(s): Journalism, Economics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Jansen Investments Chicago Field Studies has truly been an inspirational experience for me. It has informed my personal growth in all different ways which I would have never experienced by simply taking courses on campus. From a pre-professional perspective, it has…

A Quarter in M&A…with more to come!

Name: Siddharth Panandiker Year: Junior Major: Economics Minor: Mathematics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Blaige & Co. LLC This summer I completed an internship with Blaige & Company, a boutique investment bank that specializes in sell-side M&A in the plastics, packaging and chemicals industries. During this internship, I gained truly valuable exposure to the…

Spending the Fall in Investment Banking

Name: Charlie Hummel Year: Sophomore Major: Economics CFS Class: Field Studies in the Humanities Employer: Piper Jaffray   This fall I’ve had the opportunity to work in investment banking at Piper Jaffray in the debt capital markets division. Our team of six in the Chicago office helps businesses raise debt by connecting them with lenders….

Shawn on Week 7 of his Fall 2013 Internship

Name: Shawn (Seungyup) Junior Major: Economics & Mathematics CFS Program: Business Field Studies I am spending my most exciting quarter at Northwestern with Chicago Field Studies. When I was admitted to the program in April 2013, I had to go through the process of thoughtfully screening the right company that I would enjoy working for…

Catherine on Week Three at her Fall 2013 internship

Name: Catherine Senior Major: Economics CFS Program: Business Field Studies I am interning for a hedge fund called Coe Capital Management. My internship process was very exciting because I was able to interview with all different types of firms from private equity to consulting to hedge funds. At the end day, it was very difficult to…