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Dollar Bill Stearn

All groups? Would have assumed sponsors places some

Are you confusing CS Sponsors with Santander - which may have hired people from that team?

Recruiters are not pretending like Santander is CS quality for exit ops bc they hired some senior guys from there. It’s a bottom tier shop where most groups have minimal deal flow 

 

Some Santander kids believe their exits will be exponentially better after CS absorption, which is a bit unfortunate. LA seems to be better than NY, as they seem to have better quality senior bankers though they still will not be getting many looks from HHs. 

 

I think calling Santander sponsors or LevFin strong is a bit hyperbolic. Is it a better franchise than pre-CS hires? Yes. Are they an improving franchise? Yes. Is it a strong overall franchise? No. They still don't win lead-lefts, the vast majority of their deals are going to be on the right. Would say you need to be at least be a top 10 franchise in a product or coverage area to be "strong", Santander is not close to that in the US.

 

Have some friends who went over there as An1 after CS / UBS fiasco. 3 of the 5 have exits lined up to mega funds or big credit shops

Think it highly depends on the group and deal flow (more so than at other firms). Seems like sponsors / levfin / energy are really driving the ship while other groups lag behind quite a bit

 

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