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you earn 2x the average UK salary, 20k more than people at the Big4. Yes you can, you're doing very well actually, off-cycles in continental Europe get paid way less (looking at you Paris). If you're not spending too much you could save 20-25% of your salary. Bare in mind that you'll expense dinners, taxi home, weekend meals in the office and won't have much time to spend your money on other stuff.

 
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I've always wondered this but what is EB pay like in London in terms of bonus and signing bonus? I feel like it's way low compared to NY partially due to exchange rate (for some reason the whole base 50k thing throws me off because it just sounds like a low number lol) but also because US EBs tend to be much less established in London. Is this true that US EBs are not that hot of a thing in London rn and what is the general sentiment surrounding US EBs in London? E.g. is EVR/PJT still considered the hottest for exits and Centerview still the highest paying but not so strong in exits in London specifically? And generally how do JPM/MS/GS place relative to EBs? Not trying to disrespect here but genuinely curious. ty in advance for so many questions

 

No clue for sign on but would say 6-10k GBP, bonuses at boutiques are most of the time in the 35-70k range for first years. For exits GS/MS/JP>>>> boutiques, once in boutiques it will depend on their strengths. MoCo only exits to distressed, Evercore is ok-ish nothing stellar, PJT is quite good as seniors help you recruiting just below JP imo, Centerview doesn’t exit well because of the lockup + why would you leave to take a paycut? PWP has decent exits just like evercore.

 

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