MM in nyc vs. elite boutique in Australlia

I have the chance to potentially interview at a MM in nyc (think HW/BMO) or an elite boutique in Australlia.

This would be for junior SA. I go to a semitarget so the elite boutique doesn't normally post (family contact hooked it up). My goal is to end up at a BB in nyc.

If you had the choice of either one, assuming you got both, which would you take? The boutique has a lot less deal flow so I'd get more exposure with the MM, but its brand would probably take me farther for FT recruiting.

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Bernankey
SemitargetI have the chance to potentially interview at a MM in nyc (think HW/BMO) or an elite boutique in Australlia.

LMAO --> "a chance to potentially interview"

Hope bout you try getting the interview first then the offer, and then ask.

The opportunity to interview is for nyc. I've been given a verbal offer for Australlia.

 

I'd be interested in how dealflow is at Greenhill Sydney (obviousy what you're referring to).

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Independent GestionI'd be interested in how dealflow is at Greenhill Sydney (obviousy what you're referring to).

I don't see where its being Greenhill was obvious. Care to elaborate?

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Nouveau Richie
Independent GestionI'd be interested in how dealflow is at Greenhill Sydney (obviousy what you're referring to).

I don't see where its being Greenhill was obvious. Care to elaborate?

Moelis and Lazard are the only other "elite boutiques" which have ops in AUS, and I can't see either of them just handing out an offer to a family friend of an exec. Greenhill has a slightly different culture (here at least) where I could see that happening.

‎"Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to become the means by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of other men. Blood, whips and guns or dollars."
 
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Nouveau Richie
Independent GestionI'd be interested in how dealflow is at Greenhill Sydney (obviousy what you're referring to).

I don't see where its being Greenhill was obvious. Care to elaborate?

Moelis and Lazard are the only other "elite boutiques" which have ops in AUS, and I can't see either of them just handing out an offer to a family friend of an exec. Greenhill has a slightly different culture (here at least) where I could see that happening.

Hmm, I suppose I don't disagree with your reasoning, I just wanted to make sure you weren't overlooking those other two. There's also Rothschild.

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