BAML Levfin Group culture & reputation
Hey guys,
Researching the baml LevFin group in London. Would love to have feedback on culture and what you've heard about the group !
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Is this for summer?
I am apart of a top LevFin BB group and we worked as joint bookrunner with BAML on a couple of deals. Yes, they might bring in good fees but on the junior level, you will be 'mentored' by quite a few incompetent seniors in my opinion, I may also be wrong as I have not been apart of the BAML LF team but the way their MDs, Directors, VPs portray themselves on call is quite bad. No sense of leadership, no sense of initiative and relied on us for all the heavy lifting. That being said, I have no idea about the team culture and it may be amazing. You will definitely work on a lot of good deals however, and the LF market is booming right now so it is good time to join the team if you are super interested. At the end of the day, it is still a BB and will look good on your CV. Hope this helps
helps a lot. Thank you !
One of the better levfin teams for junior exits, but these guys have been falling down the LTs in both m&a and levfin in the last few years. Have lost some of their big guys too (origination head left for a CFO role, capmarkets guy left for Apollo). Quality of people seems quite variable too but I think this is an issue with BBs more broadly.
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Could you give some examples of junior exits? Would you say top Private Credit is achievable? Apollo, Ares, Blackstone, etc.
Exits I recall include KKR (capmkts), Apollo PC, GA Credit (SS), Arcmont (SS), Lone Star (PE), H/2 (HF). It is definitely one of the better regarded levfin teams (by headhunters anyway).
this may be complete bs but i hear that unlike other BBs their levfin team actually does a good amount of modelling which is nice
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Like others already said… good junior experience, good brand, and solid exits, but bad seniors / the group falling has been falling off lately.
This is also a general trend at BofA, not just applicable to LF
Could you give some examples of junior exits? Would you say top Private Credit is achievable? Apollo, Ares, Blackstone, etc.
BofA LF is one of the top groups if LF is what you wanna do. Great deal flow, great brand and lots of experienced bankers. You just won’t get paid though cause no one at BofA does.
- Any view on culture / hours in this team at BofA ?
- What do you mean by good juniors / bad seniors ?
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