PJT M&A vs. EVR M&A

i’m sophomore at HYPW and am fortunate enough to have received offers from both EVR M&A and PJT M&A. Ik PJT is mainly known for their RX group on here but curious if their M&A group will have better exits moving forward relative to EVR or if not better then on par. From what I know, PJT avg deal size is sufficiently high and analyst class sizes are much smaller than EVR so the analyst experience is great. Contrast w EVR— more deals spread across much larger class size. Curious which shop is the best if aiming for top exits a few yrs from now or if they’re both more or less the same. 

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PJT shills are active lmao... for M&A, EVR has the edge sorry folks. The difference is not huge though, so you're splitting hairs here.

Exits wise, if you can't get a top one from EVR M&A then the issue is with you my friend

 

EVR M&A for sure, PJT M&A has a very okayish deal flow (here and there some large cap, but not to the same extent or depth (across various industries) as EVR)

 

Exits: Evercore (PJT still great and the gap is getting smaller). Experience: PJT (can't comment on Evercore, haven't started yet)

Just choose what u want

 

Would you mind expanding a bit more on this? Have had a very personal process at PJT & like the ppl but from what I hear, ppl would slightly skew towards EVR. I was told by upperclassmen that regardless of what I take, I’ll land the same buy side interviews & then it comes down to how well I perform once in the room. If that’s the case, I’m more privy to lean PJT. 

 

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