Any specific reasons why? Prospect here but really curious. Thought they have top of the street comp, great exits past few cycles per capita, and I heard from incoming SAs that culture is pretty good. Esp curious about your comment on Laz/Roth being better. Thanks!

 

A poor, unexplained take yet it is bound to influence the prospects. The class and headcount are smaller than some of the others so there is a bit more selection on mandates. EVR also has good relationships with hedge funds both for deals and and good exits, also consistently placing at Apollo, for what its worth. 

Very strong in debtor oil and gas with top debtor mandates (Cal Resources - $5.1bn, EP - $4.9bn, Noble - $4bn, Diamond - $2.4, Seadrill - $2.8bn).

Also has done some of notable other debtor and creditor including Frontier ($17bn debtor), SVP on WPG ($3.7bn creditor takeover), 1L on Windstream ($5.6bn), Silver Point/PIMCO on Incora ($1.75bn).

Also very innovative, advised the debtors on the landmark Serta uptier that has been repeated and been very important as far as trends go. Senior team is very strong.

 
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Clearly a lot of HL guys on this thread. The truth is for the typical analyst or associate the ranking of experience quality goes PJT > Evercore / Laz / Moelis > Gugg/ PWP/ Roth > HL. There's even other firms/groups that are much stronger than the typical HL experience if you are comparing the NY office to HL Rx in some third-tier city. I want to qualify that in that HL sometimes gets mandates that makes it on par with PJT. That said, HL's group is HUGE and spread across offices in third tier cities which dilutes the typical experience you'd have working there. If you are the analyst in NY working on a huge debtor mandate, sure HL Rx is top tier on par with PJT. But the HL kids in Minneapolis working on middle market UCC mandates and promoting this idea that they're the best need to get put in their place. You are way more likely to spend your time pitching or working on some $100mm deal at HL than at Evercore lol

 

These comments are so wrong on different points that they become almost funny lol

1. Your ranking does not include CVP. You clearly have very little understanding of the rx world as they should be at least mentioned. Sure they might not be first-tier but def better than Gugg/Roth given the quality of their mandates

2. Saying regional HL RX kids have it best makes little sense as exits are strongly diluted (just check LinkedIn). Sure they might get paid more given their costs but if you are making this argument you are missing the point of the NY groups (known for their exits)

3. Putting HL last is stupid - does not deserve a comment lol did you get rejected from them?

 

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