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BCG has PE work, although probably less than Bain/McKinsey
Anyone heard of "Gotham Consulting Partners"? Any insights about their size, specialty, firm culture or any hands-on experience form Gotham ? Thanks !
Private Equity Consulting (Originally Posted: 07/06/2007)
Hi,
I know that Bain has a PE consulting practice. Does anyone know anything about it?
Tried their website?
PE focused consulting (Originally Posted: 04/07/2013)
I have heard people ask this question a million times before but its never been properly answered..
What consulting firms do you think are Financial/PE focused?
MBB (Bain more so than BCG and McKinsey), LEK, Oliver Wyman
MMB, Oliver Wyman, LEK, etc
I doubt you would see anyone in PE with a consulting background that is not from one of the above firms.
Interested
Bain is more PE-focused than McKinsey, which is more PE-focused than BCG. But if your goal is to get a deal-side job at a PE fund, it's MBB, then everyone else.
Exactly. MBB will send the vast majority of the consulting -> PE candidates.
PE consulting firms? (Originally Posted: 10/17/2015)
Anyone have a list of firms that specialize in consulting for the private equity industry (i.e. operational improvement, due diligence, etc.)? I know larger firms like Bain, LEK have specialized groups, I'm looking more along the lines of Gotham Consulting Partners.
Have you checked out Oliver Wyman?
Yep thanks for the suggestion, I know they do a lot in financial services but it doesn't look like they have a PE specific group- I'd imagine they have engagements in that area given their breadth
corporate finance is a vertical at OW but as far as I know, there is no dedicated team that only does CF projects. However, if you really like due diligences and voice that preference to the staffing team, it is probably likely that you will work a lot on DDs. Most consultants that I know prefer other types of projects - DDs typically have the worst work-life balance and from a work-style perspective are not necessarily what most people look for when they join consulting (no travel, hardly any client contact/no client relationship building on lower career levels, work focused on client evaluation rather than finding solutions for a given problem,...).
Completely accurate. DDs = bad work life balance and no client interaction.
Most of the time people who ask for DD have in mind that after they might want to work in PE later. Spend some time in the DD team, can be good to improve your financial modelling skills. Further, you will see a lot of industry (do a lot of projects) in a few amount of time. Most DD projects are only during 3 to 5 weeks.
PE and consulting firms (Originally Posted: 04/22/2010)
I was talking to a friend from M/B/B who was recently on an assignment for a top notch private equity firm. We didnt talk about the nature of the assignment but it got me thinking as to what are the kinds of situations where a PE firm would enlist services of a consulting firm (strategy consulting)..any thoughts/views? Would be particularly interesting to hear from people who have had first-hand experience..Thanks
Google for answers, for example
http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/privateequity/service.asp
http://www.bain.com/bainweb/Consulting_Expertise/capabilities_detail.as…
http://www.bcg.com/expertise_impact/industries/private_equity/default.a…
http://www.lek.com/industries/private.cfm
I read the Mck one...isn't that stuff supposed to be what the PE firm does?
Yeah, my thoughts are on similar lines. In fact, in the case I mentioned above the client from the private equity side was himself an ex-M/B/B consultant and that is what got me curious as to what unique capability or value does a consulting firm bring to the table ( Industry network? niche domain knowledge?) . Like I said, any real life example would be interesting to hear...
for a lot of reasons, a couple ones on top of my head include
when industry is very specific and extensive industry knowledge is required, consultants make better industry charts/projections regarding industry trend than bankers (they just copy from research reports). especially since PE build their own models in most cases, what is really value add from outside counsels are assumption inputs and arguments of them
greenfield industries where a lot of initial market assessment needs to be done. if something is not covered by research reports then bankers are pretty much clueless
whilst consultants might not copy info from research reports they still rely on their internal research teams to pull the info.
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