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HL has a great name, especially in restructuring (arguably best on the street). NY is great for networking and the finance industry generally. Their HQ is in LA, and I believe some of their top RX guys sit in MN.

Guggenheim is new and has been lead left on some impressive deals (see: Discovery/Scripps, Bass Pro/Cabellas, pharma, telecom, etc.) due to high-quality seniors and their relationships, but sees $100mm deals as well. An interesting mix, actually, just not a clean cut MM or EB.

RBC is a balance sheet. Do a quick Linkedin search of former employees and you will understand why I rank them low. Looks like I got monkey shit for putting them last on my comment above , but do your own research and please let me know if I'm wrong.

 

Good points, although Gugg is clearly an EB. People grossly overestimate how many people Gugg actually has in its IB M&A business, I've seen people on WSO say anywhere between 1000-2300. That's absolutely absurd. I have friends there and it's no more than a couple hundred in IBD so with that size, the deals are very impressive

Plus, Gugg is growing its practice like crazy and it will certain be even better in a few years

 

If HL isn't for RX / you don't like RX, it's a no-brainer for Guggenheim. HL is a MM bank, Guggenheim works on the biggest deals.

Also, the people on WSO are very misguided / short-sided about exits. Exits change over time and when you are actually recruiting, they will not be the same as today, especially for an up-and-coming EB like Guggenheim. If you actually Google the Guggenheim analysts on LinkedIn, I would say they already place well into MM PE.

 

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