Drake Star Partners LA - Thoughts?

Lucky to get an offer with DSP M&A for this summer (sophomore internship). I’ve read god and bad stuff about DSP on this site but none are LA-office centric. Anyone in the LA banking scene have any thoughts on this boutique?

Unfortunately most (all?) of recruiting for SA 2023 is wrapped up so not sure how I can leverage this experience for next summer (my goal is EB in LA / SF / NYC).

It does seem like the firm will give me great exposure to tech banking and the group seems nice.

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It was really toxic culture. Close friends interned there. You could count on standing in copy room and print for literally 5 hours, toxic jokes, heavy workload, etc

 

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