BUYSIDE (skewed) tier list
Tier list is mostly Buyside but also deal-flow/compensation adjusted for august 2026
S+: PJT RSSG, Evercore TMT, GS TMT, MS M&A, MS Menlo TMT, Centerview Healthcare
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
