About MACA Advisors

MACA Advisors is a cross-border M&A; advisory firm serving market leaders and institutional investors across Latin America and the Caribbean. We offer senior-led execution, cross-border expertise and rigorous analysis through a lean platform built on client alignment, transparency and trust.

The program

The MACA Summer Associate program is an educational program for MBA students who want to understand how cross-border M&A; advisory works in practice. It runs each year from June to mid-August – 1 June to 13 August 2027, and 1 June to 11 August 2028. It is built around a structured curriculum taught by the firm’s bankers, case work modeled on real transactions, and supervised observation of how our team runs mandates. The program is designed to complement your MBA, and we work with business schools to support academic credit where it is available.

What You Will Learn

• Advanced financial modeling and valuation: comparable companies, precedent transactions, DCF and LBO, taught in weekly sessions and applied in case exercises
• How a sell-side,



buy-side or capital raise advisory process runs, from preparation to closing, and the judgments that shape it
• How pitch materials, teasers and memos are structured, drafted and reviewed
• How senior bankers prepare for and run client and counterparty meetings
• Latin American M&A; specifics, including country risk premia, FX considerations and how multiples compare with US and European benchmarks

How The Program Works

• A weekly training curriculum led by the firm’s bankers
• Case projects built on anonymized or past transactions, with written feedback on each
• Observation of team meetings and selected client calls, followed by debrief sessions on what was decided and why
• A designated mentor who reviews your work and meets with you each week
• A final case presentation to the firm’s partners, with a written evaluation at the close of the program

What You Bring

• Current enrollment in an MBA or equiv

📌 Investment Banking Summer MBA Associate (Chile)
🏢 MACA Advisors
📍 Chile