Best Special Sits in London - decent WLB + good progression

Hello finance lords,I'm in the enlightening search for a good special sits firm where you would earn decent money (more than banking long-term), where people would be decent guys, and where you would not work (most) of the weekends (i.e 80-90 hours on average I think its decent at Aso level)Any good firms that come to your mind that would fit this three criteria?Maybe I'm just dreaming, but yeah.Appreciate the help :)

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Elite and secretive so no but based on the situations they get involved in they are litigious monsters and excellent at their craft

 
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Hello finance lords,I'm in the enlightening search for a good special sits firm where you would earn decent money (more than banking long-term), where people would be decent guys, and where you would not work (most) of the weekends (i.e 80-90 hours on average I think its decent at Aso level)Any good firms that come to your mind that would fit this three criteria?Maybe I'm just dreaming, but yeah.Appreciate the help :)

That’s like saying “I want to invest in stocks, what should I do”.  Event driven is an umbrella and encompasses different parts of the capital structure as well as a variety of strategies.  And if you want a relaxed lifestyle a hedge fund and especially event driven strategies are the worst starting point,  rather try fund of funds or long only…

 

Man, I know that, and yes. My take was more like a place where shits needs to be done, you work, but when its chill, its chill and there is no bullshit like sell-side (in terms of hours).

And I was just curious to understand if there could be flexibility in the mandate, so you could move a bit between strategies, from distress to merger arbitrage, depending on the edge you would have.

 

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