Moelis LA in 2023

Just did a quick LinkedIn search and it seems they take the bulk of their interns from west coast semi targets. The representation from east coast schools certainly dropped compared to previous years.

Representation has traditionally been roughly 40% Wharton, 20% West Coast targets, 30% from some other targets + Canadian targets (Duke has traditionally consistently placed one person every 1-2 cycles to Moelis LA), and 1-2 non-targets.

2023 SA class was 8 and 2024 SA class was 9. Would add that there is a huge Canadian presence from schools like Ivy, UBC, Queens, etc. Also no Wharton kids these past two SA cycles - several dip after SA to FT PE roles, might explain some of it.

Thank you for the color! As a freshman at a target on the East Coast, do you think it'd be worth to recruit for Moelis NY instead? I'm quite interested in working on the WC and not sure if perhaps these "lesser" placements are due to self-selection rather than a decline in the office (which to my eyes looks to still be doing pretty crazy deals). 

What a weird post. You missed placements at:

-AEA

-Clearlake

-New Mountain

-Silver Lake

-Sycamore

-Vista

Given class size is ~10, not all pursue PE (typically 1-2 A2A per class, 1-2 don't pursue PE), and several are Canadian (not all groups will sponsor), hard to really describe that as weaker than the past.

Office has almost always had Canadians (and Koreans) in the class. Sometimes several. Not a recent phenomenon. The LA office does very little restructuring. If it is a restructuring deal, the NY team will typically lead with LA providing industry coverage. The office does more activist work than restructuring and analysts will get real experience in that if they are interested.