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Depends - both have their pros and cons. DB SF is a much larger office and will provide you with a far wider breadth of deal experience, but comp will be lower. Guggenheim MP is very much focused on enterprise software, with an emphasis on cybersecurity, so it is a much narrower industry. The MD there is ex-GS and is pretty strong in the space, so I'd imagine advisory deal experience would be pretty strong, and Guggenheim in general also pays more. The downside to Guggenheim MP is that the office is pretty reliant on a single MD. I did my AN-ASO years at a GS/MS/JPM regional office where the office was basically carried by 1/2 MDs, and while the smaller office does have its perks with culture/hierarchy/exposure to seniors, one of my concerns was that the office (and  thus my career) was dependent on a single MD, which is why I ultimately left for the NY office.

 

Gugg MP is way too new to judge exit opps so exit opps would much more be focused on analyst strength and the Guggenheim name rather than HH's knowledge of the office and traditional track record. DB SF doesn't have the strongest exit opps, but I know they've placed into MM-UMM growth and buyout in the past. To my knowledge, MF placement would be a pretty big stretch from DB SF, as I'm not aware of many MF placements.

 

DB undoubtedly 

Similar thoughts to what an above user said, group is established with seasoned MDs

 

Thank y'all for your comments, very helpful. My latest intel is that they did like 5 to 10 deals this year which in this climate is really good; seems like group is ramping up!

 

Yeah absolutely. They also worked on acronis capital raise with goldmansachs partners as the investor, pretty impressive momentum I must say. 

 

Happy new year everyone! anyone here on this thread that can shed any light on the bonuses in west coast banking in particular both DB and Gugg (assuming the numbers are still not out there)?

 

Wait -- these offers are both still open to you? Surprised neither bank gave you deadline to accept. 

 

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