[2026] IB PRESTIGE TIER LIST

S++: PJT RSSG, CVP HC, Q

S+: GS TMT/FIG, EVR RX, MS M&A/MENLO, EVR M&A, LAZ RX

S: LAZ (rest), PJT M&A, JPM HC/M&A, MOE LA

S-: MS (rest), GS (rest), JPM (rest), Allen and Co, PWP RX

A+: Moelis (rest), PWP (rest), HL RX, BofA REGL/M&A/IND, Citi M&A/IND, Greenhill RX, Gordon Dyal

A: Barclays PU&I/Tech, BofA (rest), Citi (rest), Barclays (rest), Ducera RX, Guggenheim RX, Greenhill (rest), Raine, LionTree, M Klein and Co, Ardea

A-: Guggenheim (rest), DB LevFin, Rothschild (EU), Tidal

B+: UBS GIG/LevFin, Wells Fargo REGL/IND/TMT, Jefferies HC, RBC PU&I/M&A

B: UBS (rest), DB (rest), RBC (rest), Wells Fargo (rest)

B-: Jefferies (rest), HL (rest), William Blair HC, Rothschild (US)

C+: RJ CONS, TD Tech/HC, Piper Sandler, William Blair (rest)

C: Harris Williams, TD (rest), FT Partners

C-:  Nomura, Mizuho, Baird, BNP Paribas, CIBC, RJ (rest)

D: Santander, Oppenheimer & Co, Cantor Fitzgerald, Stifel, MUFG, Lincoln International, HSBC, Scotia, Solomon Partners, Cain Brothers, KeyBanc

F: Other regional LMM banks

Some of these could be moved down and up based on interest too, for example, if interested in TMT: Q, Allen, Raine, LionTree, Tidal in that order, or for HC: CVP, JPM, Gordon Dyal, etc.

12 Comments
 

lol at EVR M&A and MS M&A being in S tier with the likes of LAZ or JPM HC. Meanwhile, freaking GS FIG, which isn't even the top FIG team anymore (that goes to JP FIG), is S+.

Nice try intern

 

how the hell is EVR M&A below PJT M&A? Honestly curious. Like I get that for RX PJT RSSG is top, but their M&A is nothing outstanding, and for sure not better than EVR M&A 

 

This is the 69th ranking where Barc (PUI/Tech) and Barc (rest) sit in the same tier. Good job copying and pasting from that esBMOkid, intern. FYI, things like 2x + 5x can be expressed as 7x for simplicity.

 

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