Foreign BS Bank TMT vs UMM Tech

Deciding between:

1. Foreign balance sheet bank TMT
Bigger platform, more financing / cap markets exposure, potentially improving advisory momentum. Concern is role may be more lending-heavy than real M&A.

2. UMM tech group
Cleaner tech IB seat, likely better M&A / software reps. Concern is sweatier culture and maybe less “brand” than a larger bank.

Main goals: better reps, more M&A, stronger exits / future lateral optionality. Comp roughly similar.

Which would you take and why?

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