How volatile are league table rankings from quarter-to-quarter? Is it cause for concern that the bank you're about to join has fallen in the latest rankings (even though it historically ranks in the top 5 in the segment)\?
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Quarterly league tables can be deceptive especially with regards to the timing of transaction announcements and closings as you are looking at a relatively short time period; i.e. try pully two quarterly league tables where the only variable is closed vs. announced transactions. They are often very different.
some deals drag over quarters and some fall over last min so announced differs drastically from completed. but then league tables are prob not the best indicators - so many banks co run deals but still get full credit even though they might have done little..
do league tables matter? (Originally Posted: 10/05/2009)
Do league tables matter as far as judging exit opps? why or why not?
Not really. But u can yourself make some ratios to judge
Does anybody know whether deal flow is commensurate to the size of an M&A team? i.e. do the firms doing the most deals (even if they're MM) have the largest teams?
league tables aren't great indicators of deal flow or M&A deal team size. Some of the largest transactions are led by smaller boutiques like Greenhill and Evercore. As far as deal flow, M&A league tables only picked up disclosed transactions. There are a lot of shops with great deal flow but will be lower ranked on the league table because most of their deals do not disclose a value. You could prob fix this by sorting the league table by both # of deals and aggregate value and comparing the two.
you can work at a firm with only 3 deals when everyone else hsa 20 and learn a buttload and have learned a ton
OR
work at afirm at the top but do either a) a little bit of useless sht for each deal b) not work on big deals
its all abt how u spin ur experience
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