Any way a Japanese student can work for a summer internship in a private equity fund in the States?

Hi all.

Is there any big/middle-class private equity fund in the U.S. which officially/unofficially accepts a foreign student for their internship?

I am a Japanese college student, having experienced some internships in investment banks as UBS and Morgan Stanley in Japan.

After a couple of internships in investment banks as the "sell-side", I got to figure that experiencing the buy-side job would expand my sight in financial field.

I tried applying for big U.S. funds in Tokyo, however, the fact surfaced that they do not accept interns since their capacity here in Japan is not big enough to educate analysts.

So I decided looking for an internship in a private equity fund in the U.S. which I thought I could find more opportunity.

Please let me know if you know any internship held by big-scale/middle-scale private equity. Even a portal website about internships in the financial field will be appreciated.

Thank you for reading this post,
Ma

Hello out there. I think the key point for you is that you are student. I am willing to bet that you could find the opportunity you are looking for. I would start to contact schools here in the US and the companies that you are interested in interning with directly.

I would start contacting study abroad offices at US schools. Especially contact them if they already have a relationship with your current school. Find out what programs they have that are of interest to you and what you have to do to get accepted.

I would also start contacting the US firms directly. Contact their human resources offices directly and find out what you would need to do.

Good luck!