How would you rank Centerview Partners (CVP) in 2020?
Where would you rank Centerview Partners in terms of deal-flow, prestige, comp and exit ops? Better/worse than Evr/Laz/Moe?
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I feel like there are a lot of threads on this but CVP is “tier 1” EB and only other EB that really “outclasses” it is EVR. PJT is great as well but would argue that their M&A practice is in-line with CVP. Fee per banker headcount (important metric) believe CVP should be the highest aside from maybe PJT.
Culture has been great led by Blair Effron but will note that with the recent hiring of new partners/md in the past 1-2 years the culture is a little less linear between groups as it used to be.
Hours are interesting I’ve had 50-60 hour weeks (literally no facetime) and weeks where it would be constant fire drills at 100+ hours. Generally no facetime which is great.
Pay...needless to say its amazing I think our associates comp is as good as MF and possibly even better. Will say though people here (senior associate +) stay because they want to become career bankers not $$
Exit opps people think because its a 3 year program exits aren’t great but that couldn't be further from the truth. Literally every single firm is open to you. And if you’ve done your 2-3 years and build rapport, partners/md willing to call and vouch for you.
Idk why people are throwing ms at you when you work there lol
Freshman and sophomores on this site really think they know more from what they see on this website than from someone who actually works at the firm lmaoo
Cvp evr pjt laz moe pwp all tier 1. First 3 maybe a slight hair above the last 3
Think it’s a top shop, but in general out of the EBs centerview and perella aren’t talked about as much since they’re private and a lot smaller. Laz/moe/PJT/eve rcore are all public and much more visibility
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This might be controversial but I don’t think the analysts at Centerview are on par with some of the other EBs like people say they are. Reason for this is all about the recruiting timeline - they are literally the last bank on the street to recruit (September) and all the prepared and good candidates have already signed with EBs or GS/MS/JPM. Take this year 2021 recruiting - EVR, MOE, PWP, PJT RSSG already done. Laz would normally be done but pushed back due to covid. No one is declining any of these banks for a shot at Centerview in September.
To add on to my last comment all the people I know who got Centerview struck out everywhere else during the process and landed Centerview in September. Still a great place to be, but looking on LinkedIn you see kids from like USC and texas A&M as summer analysts.
Your first sentence proves nothing. Recruiting is so random. Strucking out doesn't necessarily mean they are less qualified.