Moelis TMT vs. Industry Specific Boutiques
Hey all,
Currently in position of lateralling and in conversation with Moelis TMT, Allen & Co, and Ardea Partners. My long-term goal is to stay in banking (maybe one-day to buy-side). My current bank pays really well, hours are ok (60 hours +/-), and culture is good, but the deal type gear towards ECM mostly with some limited advisory exposure. What I am looking for is M&A experience, hour, and pay in that order (some prestige would be a plus given my pathetic self-esteem).
Attached my thoughts on Moelis TMT and curious on your thoughts on Allen and Ardea. Thanks All!
Moelis TMT
- Brand name, PE exit (matters less to me at the moment given I will stay at the new bank for 1+ year for sure), emphasis on sponsor-focused M&A, and great pay
- Extremely sweaty (my connection told me he consistently hit 100+ hours) but culture is good (staffer cares, open to PE recruiting), smaller average deal size ($500M - $1B, but do hit some big deals from time to time)
- Mostly Media and Telecom but I care more on M&A rather than industry
Allen & Co flies low under the radar but kills it in media; its like a ghost shop for recruiting and very lowkey; not much has been said on this forum over the 4 years i've been reading;
On another note, are you lateralling by using headhunters or cold emailing alumni/people? just curious - would appreciate insight
Headhunter. Yeah Ardea has the same issue - know they do big deals too but really secretive
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If you like FIG I think Ardea is the most prestigious and will be the highest paying by far, with substantial M&A experience. All 3 will suck in terms of the hours
Thanks. I am ok with FIG in general. But do you think the current environment would impact the FIG deal flow?
Looks like the consensus is that Moelis TMT doesn’t have the best deal flow and doesn’t place well into Tech PE?
If you’re trying to do long term hard to beat Allen, they have 30 MDs and about 10 juniors. Do tons of deals almost no pitching. Very secretive bank
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