HL RX LA? Culture, Experience, Exits?

Student at a west-coast semi-target here. Considering applying to Houlihan Lokey's restructuring group in LA. Was wondering how it compares to top east coast RX shops, in terms of exits etc.

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Depends if interested in RX or not. If not interested in RX, then my question would be why would you want to toil away for 100 hrs a week focused on a product that you're not interested in. Any EB/solid BB M&A group will provide the same exit opps as HL RX(besides credit focused ops). Exits are much more based on personal preparedness and self section than commenters on WSO gives it credit for.

 

Strong group, generalist focus but have picked up some healthcare/retail/media mandates as of late. As echoing above, exits have been weird from this office- a lot of media corp dev, media general and some to MM/LMM PE. Definitely not the same NY prowess, but still solid. A couple recent exits were at Ares LA/Oaktree (not sure of group), and historically one analyst went to SLP. Not sure how they are perceived by HHs, but if you work hard then the typical Rx exit opps should be available. However, very sweaty culture, and a lot of analysts quit before the 2 year time horizon.

 

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