Rising Sophomore at looking to recruit for LA banking. Based on my research, these are the current most prominent firms:
Houlihan Lokey (Rx/M&A) J.P. Morgan (Consumer Retail) Moelis (Generalist) Rothschild (Tech M&A) Citi (Mining/Metal) Perella Weinberg (Industrials)
Does anyone happen to know if there is any other great firms I’m missing or perhaps firms on this list that actually aren’t that active anymore? Thanks!
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JPM “C&R” LA is ass, same with Rothschild - add Barclays FSG, Lazard A&D
"Ass" as in non existent or shitty culture? Didn't both Barclays and Lazard lose their top MDs?
Correct. Strongly reconsider that group…
ok and?
Heard Rothschilds Tech team in LA is pretty solid actually, know someone who just started FT there
Off the top of my head the following are also in LA:
GS healthcare and consumer
UBS sponsors
BofA ERGC
Santander Sponsors and REGAL
Wells Fargo MM
MS Media & Communications
MS is moving/has moved all juniors from LA to NYC
Lincoln, ducera, Raine Group, Macquarie, intrepid, all have teams out here and I believe RBC may have a small team out here
RBC definitely top tier in LA imo - unmatched size/quality of mandates they've been working on in the past couple of years
Thank you for this amazing insight, LowCaliberTalent. I do predict that RBC will be the top dog in LA in ~3 years
Moelis UBS and HL provide best analyst training. LinkedIn will show the quality of people there.
Wharton Harvard Stanford representation at UBS LA is crazy
Why HL? Heard not the best culture
HL RX is highly regarded, definitely one of the best non PJT RSSG restructuring groups
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