Moelis vs. Greenhill

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bump...interviews coming up really soon. thanks.

I love when people ask about how hours differ from bank to bank. No matter what.. they suck. As far as prestige/exit opps, I believe that Greenhill is considered a stronger firm and will place better, but not significantly so. I can't speak on culture as I don't know the banks that well but the interviews (and hopefully sell days) should be pretty educational.

I just interviewed with Greenhill yesterday and talked with some of the analysts. All 10 of them have offers, with seven out of ten going to mega funds (think KKR, TPG, Providence) and the rest to other mid-market PE or top HFs. Tough to be the exit ops there.

aloki - from my experience, there is a very large difference between working 100 hours and working 80 hours a week. therefor, i think my question regarding hours is a pretty valid one.

greenhill is known for treating their analysts very well. arguably among the best boutiques in that regard, in my humble opinion. moelis, not so much. after all, a significant number of employees at moelis followed ken himself from the sweatshop known as UBS LA. also give blackstone m&a or blackstone restructuring a shot, if you are able. not as well known as the private equity arm, of course, but exit opps are great from both, and culture-wise, i think, only greenhill is comparable.

Moelis would like to be like DLJ, whatever that means.

Greenhill was built to be a classic, large-cap advisory boutique. Moelis is doing some of those assignments, but I am somewhat perplexed by their strategy.

The LA shop looks like it was put together like a Greenhill, but the NY crew looks more like a group of B/B- type hires. Don't get me wrong, some of them seem to be solid singles and doubles hitters, but the group is singularly lacking in the type of star power I expected. Without naming any names, I am shocked that they picked up a few guys they did when you look at the roster of available home run hitters that have shaken loose from JPM, Citi, CS and Merrill in those sectors.

To me, Moelis New York resembles a small Jefferies more than it does a small Greenhill.