Debt Advisory to Private Credit
What are your thoughts about Debt Advisory at a MM/EB bank as a career field? How technical is the work (financial modelling, deal structuring) and how well does it prepare an Analyst/Assoc to exit into a Private Credit fund afterwards?
Is it more of a "dead-end" field that gears someone to become a career banker or do you have similar exit opportunities as an RX or LevFin banker from a comparable institution?
Based on the most helpful WSO content, here are some insights on Debt Advisory at a MM/EB bank and its potential for transitioning to Private Credit:
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For more detailed discussions and personal experiences, you might find relevant threads on Wall Street Oasis helpful.
Sources: Leveraged Finance Exit Opportunities, Q&A: Consulting v. Banking, the age old question. By Former MBB and Bulge Bracket Banker., Is there any part of the financial industry that is growing?, Private Debt/Direct Lending Exit Opps?, Venture Debt/Lending Industry and Career Opportunities
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same question. Wonder if you can have a career after joining rating advisory group or you will be stuck with no skills to join a private debt or leverage finance teams?
This fully depends on the role your group plays in debt deals and how that's split out between you vs. the coverage team (i.e. are you purely market facing or do you do that + handle the modelling and Q&A)? If its the former, that's much closer to a syndication role at a BB whereas at the latter, you are effectively a LF team without a balance sheet.
That being said, as long as you can sell yourself as having sufficient experience across a full financing process from the model to ratings to placement, regardless of what your actually doing, you'll be well placed.
It depends on the debt advisory firm you are at and the experience you are receiving. I work with a lot of them and generally see them as career bankers. Most of the deals they are working on are best efforts refinancing or stapling an M&A deal. At a lot of these places, the RX team does more of the sexier capital raises in private credit. When we hire, we typically look for LF bankers cuz at the end of the day, they do have underwriting experience when committing to LBO transactions.
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