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Not all mandates are public. Lot of out of court and etc distressed exchanges etc. Would move MB down a tier and JEFF up a tier especially with derrough. Also is this tier in terms of exits, prestige, something else? PJT still in a league of its own.
Obligatory congrats on jeff
Congrats on UCC king!
Least obvious Jeff RX people. Congrats on RX bottom tier!
Really should be 1. PJT 2a. EVR 2b. HL etc.
Agree with other commenters, PJT on its own, then EVR/HL, then move down Gugg and MB respectively. HL is good but at the size they are they frankly should be on more mandates. Can’t have 2-3x more people than everyone else and be on less.
I would put CVP up too given the size of their rx group
Think gugg has definitely been on that tier the past 2 years, but agree on MB on second thought
As someone on the EB industry side, HL always ranks too high in these IMO. They do a fine job on volume, T2 is fine, (but not differentiated vs. others on that level) but they have a higher proportion of creditor-side mandates and often win on cost (creditors are cheap and they will take sub $2M fees that PJT, EVR, MOE, CVP won't do).
Never really see GUGG on stuff, certainly not same tier as those other banks. After T2 there's a big drop-off IMO (at least from a US perspective)
HL has still been on some of the most topical LMEs + Ch.11 of the past few years but at the end of the day all of these t2 places are great places to work with similar buyside opportunities for analysts
gugg had a breakout 23-4 in terms of mandates, rite aid/lumen/first republic/svb/MLB and multiple (other) bn+ dollar debtor sides. they def had a slower 25 besides the continued rite aid debacle and an interesting california pensions fund advisory but putting them lower feels wrong
Few comments below thx.
Tier 2(b) PWP, CVP, GUGG
Pretty accurate
Anything beside these banks (excluding top RX consulting like A&M,FTI) don’t to RX lol. no need to be a nerd and at a shit bank.
How is Ducera?
Tier 4
Can’t comment on the above, as not in the US.
Biased, but my impression is that HL does very well internationally. Huge mandates in Europe and Asia eg Chinese RE, Ardagh, Altice (France and International).
Would rank them higher at Tier 1 on an international level, alongside PJT, in a league of their own vs the rest I.e. EVR doesn’t have a great RX team outside of the US
if you're at EVR RX in the UK are you poorly setup for learning/comp/exits to distressed later? Is it a big leap vs. HL? Can you share anything in terms of expectations on hours/comp/exits at these for EU?
Congrats on PWP RX!
Fair
LAZ and PWP are objectively a different tier than “Gugg” buddy lol go look at the transactions, congrats on fake EB Gugg.
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