I was wondering if anyone could provide some details on comp, size, exits, and recruiting timeline of HL's Houston Group. The overall O&G group looks to be made up of all restructuring bankers with just an Energy head.
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Don't know all the details about the group and compensation, but I've run into the group a couple of times. They're relatively new with some of their associates and analysts relocated from the New York restructuring group. They have some laterals from other NY EB's that came from a restructuring background as well. If I can recall, the other half of the group comes from corporate with traditional O&G backgrounds.
They haven't been around long enough to have exits, but I don't think it would be an issue given that multiple group members came over from respectable buy-side shops. They're a small group right now, but the Energy industry has shown signs of distress so it makes sense that they chose to relocate many RX bankers.
Thanks for the insight! I know that Dallas has a RX group as well, and it would make sense that they would work closely with Houston. Are they also Energy focused? Seems to me like the Houston office is more of a regional office with RX, similar to other offices across the US.
Dallas does a lot of Power & Utilities/Coal restructurings as does Minneapolis
Bump on this. I've read that they do some OFS in Dallas so I assume most of the work done in Houston would be E&P focused restructuring.
I reached out to them but haven't heard back. I know they signed one of the top students from my target as early as May, but this was probably a super accelerated process since the guy had killer stats and multiple interviews with the classic EB's in NY. Assuming they'll ramp up recruiting in the coming weeks as the other Energy banks start super days this week.
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