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The only non-bullshit answer to this question, regardless of the firm, is to reference the people you've met.
The bullshit answer, regardless of firm, is "global platform", debt/equity abilities that help win advisory business..blah blah (use the inverse for boutiques).
yeah the best go to would be referencing the people youve talked to from the bank, the culture, etc....
Yes you can. BoA gets a bad rep because of its commercial side, but the ML side is still a quality investment bank and they do see solid deal flow. Yes some people left after the acquisition, but there are still lots of old ML people left at the firm.
Actually, the commercial bank is a strong business at BAML. The problems at BAML stems from its consumer mortgag business (ie; the Country wide acquistion).
tan86, good point
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