This is extremely helpful bro, I have been searching everywhere for insight for the past few days. I haven't worked a single hour in IB yet. From your perspective, you think it's better to work less over the marginally stronger exit?

 

Honestly I'm not sure HW would have better exits. Piper Sandler Chemicals has had 4+ $1b+ deals YTD, including one that was something like $6-7B if I recall. They're very much unlike the rest of Piper in the type of mandates they seek, and they're pretty much whale hunters. This can be a bit boring if those deals aren't hitting, but I still imagine they'd be quite solid for PE recruiting. As someone that was at Piper last summer in a different group, I can say that people were pretty impressed with the team, and the analysts who were there must have gotten some of the best creds out of anyone at Piper. Don't quote me on this, but I'd imagine if you're a good candidate you could spin UMM with a bit of luck.

 

Hw if you prefer culture > living in nyc. Everyone raves about culture there, bunch of extra nice southern guys and they do all sell side m&a and win like 75% of their pitches.But some people (probably myself) wanted to be nyc > all else so id take piper, just make sure chemicals isn't a brutal place to be. Heard they do very well though

 

I literally just hear someone said "Friend just left, he quit cause it was so bad." Now it's really a tossup because I heard both firms have really long hours with HW having better culture and Piper being in NY.

 

Valence group is a very well respected team on the street, there's a reason why they are referred to by their group name and not just Piper. At Piper in a different group that was acquired and the people at Valence are phenomenal.

 

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