BUYSIDE (skewed) tier list

This is 50% buyside & prestige + 25% deal flow + 25% compensation

S+: PJT RSSG, Evercore TMT, GS TMT, MS M&A, MS Menlo TMT, Centerview HC

S: Centerview NYC M&A/Generalist, Qatalyst, GS FIG, Evercore RX, Moelis LA, Lazard RX GS Industrials, GS Healthcare

A+: Moelis NY M&A/RX, JPM Healthcare, Lazard PEI/Power & Infrastructure, PJT M&A, Lazard Industrials, MS Media & Communications, PWP RX, PWP Healthcare, 

A: Lazard Healthcare, Evercore Industrials, Evercore Consumer, Evercore FIG, JPM Diversified Industrials, JPM Media & Communications, Raine, M. Klein

A-: BofA M&A/Sponsors, Citi M&A/Sponsors, HL RX

B+: BofA Industrials, BofA Healthcare, Citi Industrials, Citi Healthcare, Barclays M&A, Barclays Sponsors

B: UBS M&A, UBS Healthcare, Wells Fargo M&A, Deutsche Bank Sponsors, Jefferies M&A, Jefferies Healthcare

B-: Guggenheim M&A, Guggenheim Healthcare, RBC M&A, RBC Sponsors, Nomura M&A

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