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Blackstone M&A

by wantoknow (Monkey, 47 Banana Points Points) on 2/1/07 at 12:28am

What are your thoughts on blackstone m&a? experience, exit ops, etc. for a analyst...

how does it compare to gleacher, ms m&a, lehman m&a, jpm m&a, greenhill?

if you could pick one of the above, which would it be AND WHY.

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If you really have all of

by gibranmeng (Orangutan, 315 Banana Points Points) on 2/1/07 at 1:00am

If you really have all of these offers, congratulations. You're in a very privileged position.

MS M&A is a top three group. It would be the obvious choice, with the finest exit opportunities.

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Well throw JPM and Lehman

by jgsim (Baboon, 120 Banana Points Points) on 2/1/07 at 4:35am

Well throw JPM and Lehman out. Blackstone, Greenhill, and MS are the best three choices. As for the ordering of those choices..I think you will have great opportunities no matter which of those groups you come out of. I'm not sure how much better one is than the other from a PE/HF perspective. From a b-school perspective, working at an elite place like Blackstone or Greenhill should give you an advantage as you'll be a unique applicant (Bstone and GHL take a few exceptional M&A analysts per year, MS has a huge ibanking analyst class). I think Bstone is more prestigious than GHL, though.

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BX M&A is strong

by bankybanker (Monkey, 30 Banana Points Points) on 8/26/08 at 4:02am

BX advisory is strong

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I'm somewhat surprised to

by curiousG (Baboon, 138 Banana Points Points) on 8/25/08 at 2:09pm

I'm somewhat surprised to hear that Blackstone M&A is so highly regarded. I read many threads stating otherwise that Blackstone M&A is pretty much along for the ride of its PE brand name. Perhaps someone more knowledgable would come in and explain?
Thanks in advance.

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by mark klein MD (Senior Orangutan, 437 Banana Points Points) on 8/25/08 at 6:31pm
gibranmeng wrote:

If you really have all of these offers, congratulations. You're in a very privileged position.

HAHA, right
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ms m&a

by fishbeancake (Monkey, 56 Banana Points Points) on 8/25/08 at 11:35pm

blackstone m&a is trash.

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by ihavenomoneynow (Baboon, 119 Banana Points Points) on 8/26/08 at 9:32am
curiousG wrote:

I'm somewhat surprised to hear that Blackstone M&A is so highly regarded. I read many threads stating otherwise that Blackstone M&A is pretty much along for the ride of its PE brand name. Perhaps someone more knowledgable would come in and explain?
Thanks in advance.

I've heard the same thing. Apparently last year BX advisory didn't do much, especially compared to other boutiques such as Greenhill and Evercore (there was a wsj article comparing the 3). I would much rather take Greenhill or MS over BX