Wanted to hear everyone's thoughts on Lincoln International in 2022 and where they stand among other MM's. Also would love to hear more about culture, comp, career progression, and exit ops.
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Decent MM shop with a really strong culture. Good place to go if you want to develop a career in banking. I think they’re slightly below some of the stronger MM players but definitely a well respected bank. I went through a deep recruiting process with them and really liked everyone I met in the Chicago office. I know their industrials group is considered one of their top groups. Don’t really know much more than that.
I did my analyst stint at Lincoln - overall, it's an average MM IB
Very very very small deals, but a huge volume so you do get a lot of reps
Zero modeling and analytical work - most work is marketing and process-related
Decent reputation, but only in Chicago. People in other cities usually have never heard of Lincoln
A lot of exits to LMM PE, very few to MM PE and MF / UMM is impossible
Where did you lateral to?
An EB. Night and day difference in quality of experience. Will say that Lincoln does marketing and process very well. But you really miss out on the analytical aspect of the job.
Would you say the quality of experience / analytical aspects that you are getting at your EB outweighs the culture / reps at Lincoln?
Absolutely. Idk how this idea about Lincoln having a good culture became a thing, but it can be an absolute sweatshop at times. The junior culture is extremely fratty, so if that’s your thing, you may like it.
Working on large, complex deals is what matters to the rest of the world and especially during recruiting. Nobody cares if you closed 10 tiny sponsor sell sides with no complexity.
Lincoln has a reputation among PE firms that they don’t do analytics, which also hurts you during recruiting. I’ve heard this multiple times from people when I was doing PE recruiting.
does lincoln give you the opportunity to lateral to an EB?
What was the comp like at Lincoln, on par with the street? if ur comfortable sharing
Average among MM firms. Not low and not top.
TMT group has great deal flow but is sweaty and over staffs. Some strong deals coming out of the group, but also probably takes on too many smaller, less-important deals as well.
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