Best media & entertainment banks or boutiques in London?
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EVR London just poached the head of Lazard TMT to set up their Media practice
Pretty sure Raine Group is top of the pile in NYC and they have an office in London so you could try that but I heard its ultra competitive check out their London teams linkedin, its run so lean its smaller than some BBs specialized sector teams
Literally they only recruit from LBS and all of them have TMT past experience, is crazy how competitive it looks
No longer in banking but I had these types of conversations back in the day. Afaik, there are very few seats in Raine/LionTree etc. The seats come up occasionally and you'll need an exceptional background to get in.
Alternatively, there are a bunch of tech/media boutiques, some of whom do have investing arms like Gp Bullhound, Drake Star, Oakley, etc. These seem to vary in quality and comp, and have heard some pretty rough stories about a few of these types of firms.
Overall advice is if you want a top brand/deal experience, go for a bb or eb team with strong rep in TMT/equivalent. This will give you a strong position to lateral into these scarce seats or to buy side if that's your aim.
I am an energy banker… I am realistic and I know is difficult to move from energy to media. What do you think my chances are?
Energy buyside ls easy for me because I am in a very strong boutique and a lot of analyst wrnt to the dbuy side but my dream is to move to a entertainment/media buy side
Putting aside macro and anything around current hiring markets, I think the answer to this depends on your standards and time horizons. If you're an analyst and you're prepared to wait 18 months, I think a lateral from a strong energy team to a media/tech/entertainment at a bb or eb is doable especially as those shops lose their A2/A3/As1 bodies. From there, you have potential to go to a strong buy side shop, including buyout or growth. Particularly if you're able to get in and out before getting to Associate.
If you end up at a MM bank or weaker bank team or your moves take longer then might be more regional PE, family offices, etc. But still see this as do able. For example, big 4 send people to regional and LMM buy side at LDC and this type of place
Note: the above assumes you've done a lot of work to demonstrate your passion for the space and clearly have technicals and deal understanding down plus forming industry knowledge
Anyone heard about Aream & Co and the culture there?
Heard pay is really good there
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