Which firms have had the best exit opportunities (and tend to get more attention from head hunters) from Los Angeles? Some of the analysts that I've talked to from Moelis say exit opps aren't as strong as BB NY IBD, but isn't Moelis considered one of the strongest in LA?
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don't know about best, but cs la is very good
hlhz frg is also very good
What about the normal bulge brackets? GS, MS, JPM, etc.?
MS and BARC have pretty strong LA offices.
CS as mentioned.
UBS has been rebuilding.
are you kidding me?? one of my best buddies is a summer at moelis la and apparently 3 of the 6 first year analysts are going to tpg and 1 going to silverlake. find me a ny bb with similar placement stats
CS LA has always been strong.
BarCap's LA sponsors group has done well.
I know someone from JPM LA who got into Ares.
I don't know much about the MS and GS offices there, but I'm sure I've skimmed over the profiles of people who came from them.
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