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Very good exits judging by prior classes - Good mixture of MM/UMM PE (Lindsay Goldberg, Searchlight, Sixth Street, THL Partners, Mubadala) and MF PE (Oaktree, Silver Lake, Ares, TPG, Brookfield). Also, corp dev exits to Apple, DoorDash, which is obviously really cool.

From the 2-3 kids I spoke with there, it seems that the 2024 exits are similar.

While GHL isn't what it used to be say ~10 years ago (ie a top-notch EB like CVP/PJT/EVR), it still has awesome exits/experience taking into consideration the small analyst class size.

 

Those are great exits. Curious to know their class size and what % exits to PE (MM/UMM/MF)

 

they have around ~15 analysts for the NY office, about 2/3 M&A and 1/3 RX. Yes, their class size is very small (smaller than Centerview I believe) 

 

Yes, it seems that the person also went to Harvard UG, so that helped for sure...

 

Really solid exits overall from what I saw. Mostly MM/UMM with occasional MF. To be frank, their value proposition in the last couple of years has been the quality of their exits relative to class size and their culture

 

Pretty much this. Kids opt for Greenhill for the exits, comp, and most importantly the culture. Everyone at my school (think Michigan/UVA/Duke) raved about the culture or professional experience there, even though it is not on par anymore with the really top places (Centerview, Evercore, and PJT) 

 

It honestly depends on the groups at those BBs... Exits from JPM FIG aren't the same as from JPM M&A (M&A is better), and exits from Barclays industrials aren't the same as from Barclays Nat. Res./P&U (NRG/P&U are better). Also, remember that class sizes at these BBs are huge compared to GHL's that takes like 10-15 ppl for NY.

So while you might have your typical MF exits to Apollo, TPG, KKR etc from these BBs (if you go to a strong group), given the class sizes you might end up with no buyside exits or with some shitty PE (ie, not a MM/UMM/MF) exits.

The point is that your expected exits from these BBs are much more volatile owing to the huge class sizes and the varying level of experience you might get at your group vs. GHL, which has less "outliers" in terms of exits/experience so the overall exits are better.

 

Ghl exits are usually very solid regardless of the analysts deal experience 

 

MM/UMM PE (Lindsay Goldberg, Searchlight, Sixth Street, THL Partners, Mubadala) and MF PE (Oaktree, Silver Lake, Ares, TPG, Brookfield). Also, corp dev exits to Apple, DoorDash, which is obviously really cool.

From the 2-3 kids I spoke with there, it seems that the 2024 exits are similar.

While GHL isn't what it used to be say ~10 years ago (ie a top-notch EB like CVP/PJT/EVR), it still has awesome exits/experience taking into consideration the small analyst class size.

 

PE exits are in line with LAZ/MOE/PWP. Perhaps slightly below LAZ and slightly above PWP 

 

Exits for the class of '22 and '23:

MF PE:

Oaktree

Ares

TPG  

Brookfield

Silver Lake

Blackstone Credit

Sixth Street

UMM:

HIG Capital

New Mountain Capital

Searchlight Capital Partners

GTCR

LGT Capital

Berkshire Partners

Lindsay Goldberg

AEA

Genstar Capital

Mubadala Capital

GIC

Hg

Morgan Stanley Tactical Value Fund

Thomas H. Lee Partners

Madison Dearborn Partners

Quantum Energy Partners

MM:

Lightyear Capital

FTV Capital

Linden Capital Partners

Littlejohn & Co.

 

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