Chicago banking landscape

Curious especially to hear about exit opps, culture, and comp. Other threads asked about what verticals each bank covers but no one said much about that.

Im especially curious to hear about exit opps and comp for:

-BofA 

-Greenhill

-Goldman

-Lazard 

-Blair

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