Amarik K. | College Coach

Amarik K.

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Berkeley Undergrad, USC Film MFA, Morgan Stanley Investment Banker

Studied at University of California, Berkeley

Works at Morgan Stanley

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Amarik’s College Qualifications

Coaches professionally

Seasoned college coach with significant experiences helping candidates craft their story and strengthen their application. Focus on business schools (Wharton, Haas, Stern, among others), liberal arts, and film/media. I have mentored a number of students who placed successfully into Ivy League and UC schools. In the professional world, I have amassed a lot of high level experience in Morgan Stanley's Investment Banking Division, closely mentoring those in undergrad who went on to get offers at top investment banks, as well as post grad MBAs from HBS, Wharton, Columbia, Booth etc, enabling them to get up to speed and come out as top performers. I am an experienced college and career coach and with relevant expertise to help you get into the school of your dreams. I am a multilingual global citizen and can work with potential candidates from all over the world, and tailoring your story / developing your skills to break into your dream school.

Amarik can help with:

Editing

Secondary Review

Recommendations

School Selection

Application Strategy

Interviews

Essays

Resume

Waitlist Strategy

Amarik also coaches for Investment Banking and Career Development. View all.

About Amarik

- Led the recruiting process for summer analysts and MBAs and conducted superday final round interviews - Seasoned investment banker with over US$13 billion in successfully executed global M&A, IPOs, debt refinancings - Spent my entire career within Morgan Stanley's Investment Banking Division (getting ranked in the top band every single year), starting as a TMT Summer Analyst, completing the 2 year analyst programme in Asia (doing deals in China / East Asia / India), and working as the top ranked Associate in an entire band of 300+ others within both New York and Hong Kong - Identified by Firm Management as an elite performer, and sent as one of five top candidates globally on an accelerated rotation programme to HQ, working for a year under Morgan Stanley's Global Head of Investment Banking (Eli Gross) - I have the highest level of intel and insights in to the investment banking world, and have mentored numerous candidates who have successfully placed into the best banks on wall street

Why do I coach?

I want to share the years of experience and insider insights I have gained behind closed doors on Wall Street

Work Experience

Investment Banking Associate

Morgan Stanley

August 2022 - Present

Identified as an elite performer by Global Management, and selected as 1 of 5 participants in a 1 year accelerated rotation programme at HQ Executed US$13 Billion in closed M&A, IPOs, Debt Refinancing transactions North America Industrials Coverage (Transportation & Infrastructure) - C.H. Robinson Shareholder Activism Defense vs Ancora Holdings - UPS US$2Bn Dual Tranche IG Bond Issuance - UPS US$1Bn 364 Day Revolving Credit Facility Renewal - Acquisition of JHT Holdings by TFI International - C.H. Robinson US$1Bn 5-year Revolving Credit Facility Extension Hong Kong Coverage / APAC TMT - Viu International (PCCW) US$300MM Strategic Investment by Canal+

Investment Banking - Analyst

Morgan Stanley

July 2020 - July 2022

Hong Kong Coverage - CVC Capital Partners US$530MM Privatisation of I.T Limited and Carve-out of BAPE (“A Bathing Ape”) - Tidewater Limited US$193MM Share Issuance and Buyback of Jones Act Warrants from Swire Pacific - FWD US$1.6Bn Pre-IPO Private Placement - Jardine Matheson US$1.3Bn Sale of Zung Fu China to Zhongsheng Motors - Lenovo US$675MM Convertible Bond, US$1.25Bn Green Bond, and US$1Bn IG Bond Issuance (with Concurrent Tender of Existing Securities), US$1.5Bn 5-year RCF Renewal - Hong Kong Telecom US$650MM Senior Bond Issuance - Pacific Century Premium Developments US$700MM Unrated Bond issuance - Melco Resorts Finance US$500MM High Yield Bond Issuance