lincoln (chicago) vs harris williams (minneapolis)

Mostly interested in comp and exits. Does either firm have an advantage when it comes to mm pe exits. Mostly interested in staying in the midwest and having trouble finding good data for lincoln exits. Also comp likely to be the same at both firms for a1-a3?

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So HW prides itself for its placements in MM PE firms. Idk how the Minneapolis office does but I think it does ok. Idk much about Lincoln though

 
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I assume exits to MM PE are better at HW. I have no real data points and don’t know anything about the Minneapolis office but this site is full of people saying HW bankers will help their analysts place into PE so take that however you want. Personally would probably make the decision on which city you would prefer to live in or is closer to family etc. but that’s just me

 

Yeah, the WLB is definitely much better than most banks, but I think the culture is the bigger selling point. There has been some discussion of it elsewhere on here, but Lincoln actually cares about their analysts and doesn't just want to kill them. Know they have at least a handful of MDs that started as analysts, and they are very focused on retaining talent.

 

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