Heavily biased prestige tier list

S++: PJT RSSG, CVP, WF TMT, WF IND, Q

S+: WF REGL, GS TMT/FIG, EVR M&A/RX, MS M&A/Menlo, PJT M&A, LAZ

S: JPM HC/M&A, MOE LA, Wells (rest), Allen & Co, M Klein, Gordon Dyal

S-: MS (Rest), GS Classics, JPM (Rest)

A+: Moelis (Rest), PWP, HL RX, BofA REGL/M&A/IND, Citi M&A/IND, Greenhill RX

A: Barclays PU&I/Tech, BofA (Rest), Citi (Rest), Barclays (Rest), Ducera RX, Guggenheim (Rest), Greenhill (Rest)

A-: DB Levfin/REGL, Ardea, Rothschild (Europe), BMO M&M

B+: UBS GIG/Levfin, Jefferies HC, RBC PU&I/M&A

B: UBS (Rest), DB (Rest), RBC (Rest), BMO LevFin/M&A, Raine, Tidal, LionTree

B-: Jefferies (Rest), HL (Rest), William Blair HC, Rothschild (US)

C+: RJ Consumer, TD Cowen Tech + HC, BMO (Rest), Piper Sandler CR, William Blair (Rest)

C: Harris Williams, TD (Rest), FT Partners

C-: Nomura, Mizuho, Baird, BNP Paribas, CIBC, RJ (Rest)

D: Santander, Oppenheimer & Co, Cantor Fitzgerald, Stifel, MUFG, Lincoln International, HSBC, Scotia

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WF IND, should be a bit higher. Lmk when another industrials group closes 5+ out of the top 10 biggest transactions

 

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