Moving past ranking the restructuring groups, what are some of the teams actually like?

There's a ton of IB restructuring rankings that seem to be all over the map. Instead of ranking the groups, it'd be way more helpful if some rx vet's could talk about each of the less covered teams' main qualities: reputation, exit opps, management, growth trajectory, recent mandates, etc.

Guggenheim Centerview Ducera Partners PWP Rothschild Jefferies Piper Jaffray TRS Advisors

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