2025 Undergraduate Case Competition Registration

Founded in 1986, Farallon seeks investments across asset classes and around the world through a process of bottom-up fundamental research and analysis emphasizing capital preservation. Our investment strategies include Credit, Long/Short Equity, Merger Arbitrage, Healthcare, and Real Estate. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, São Paulo, and New York.

The goal of Farallon’s undergraduate case competition is to advance the understanding and practice of investing through real world examples. In teams of 3-4, students are asked to select the public company they believe has the greatest potential for price appreciation over the next 3-5 years and pitch their investment case for the stock.

Farallon investment professionals will serve as judges and provide feedback on case submissions to all participating teams. Top three finalist teams will have the opportunity to present their cases in person in San Francisco, where the winning team will be selected and announced. The firm will cover travel and hotel expenses.

Teams of 3-4 students should select a public company they believe has the greatest potential for price appreciation over the next 3-5 years.

Please note that the company must:

• Be listed on a US stock exchange
• Have a market capitalization of at least US $1 billion

Successful analysis should provide insight into why the team’s view of the company’s value is different from its publicly traded value.

First Place Team: $5,000 sponsorship gift to the team’s student investment club

All Other Finalist Teams: $2,000 sponsorship gift to the teams’ student investment club

The goal of Farallon’s investing summer internship program is to encourage the pursuit of investing as a career by providing interns with a broad introduction to the firm’s public and private investment strategies. Interns will be placed within one of our teams and will work alongside our investment professionals.

All sophomore (Class of 2028) case competition participants will be automatically considered for Summer 2026 investing internship positions at Farallon. Juniors are welcome to apply for the internship as well, although Farallon typically does not grant return offers. Students selected for the interview process will be contacted directly. We anticipate conducting interviews beginning in mid-November and offers will be extended subsequently.

NOTE: Confirm your team name before submitting this registration form.

Participants are to compete in teams of 3-4, and follow these criteria when selecting a team name:

• Name should neither be affiliated with nor identify the team’s school or student organization (E.g. No school mascots)
• Name should not contain “Farallon”

All team member registration forms must be submitted before case study materials are uploaded. Teams with missing team member registration forms, or with team names that do not comply with the guidelines, will be disqualified and their case study materials will not be entered into the judging process.

What you will need to complete the registration form: 

• Current Resume
• Current GPA 
• LinkedIn Profile URL
• Your personal email address (.com)
• Your school email address (.edu)
• Team Name
• Pitch
• Student organization your team will represent

We are targeting sophomores (Class of 2028), but all undergraduates are welcome to participate in the case competition.

October 6:                    Kick-Off Webinar & Team Registration Opens

November 2:                Deadline to Register Team & Submit Case Materials

November 14:              Finalists Notified

November 20:              Finalist Presentations

                                      Teams will present their cases to Farallon Investment Professionals at our SF office

       Sophomores (Class of 2028) and other selected finalists will have the option to interview in person for a Summer 2026 investment internship on November 21

• Confirm your case team members and your team name
• Confirm your team name complies with guidelines
• Confirm your written report, Excel model, and PowerPoint presentation comply with guidelines

By 11:59 pm PT on November 2, 2025:

• Each team member must submit a registration form via the Farallon Careers site
• One designated team member uploads required case study content via ShareFile, with each document titled as instructed under “Submission Guidelines” section

We wish all participating teams good luck and look forward to receiving your case submissions!

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