Strongest groups in Deutsche, Houlihan Lokey, Barclays?

What are the strongest groups in these banks?

I have boutique IB experience so would love to work in M&A, but if it is not the strongest, I would prefer specializing according to individual firms.

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The Consumer, Food & Retail group within HL's CorpFin (M&A) is also a top group. Runs very lean but you'll work on a lot of live engagements. Great people to work with as well. Only downside to HL's M&A teams is that you might be the only analyst not only on the deals but the entire team (covering the particular vertical). If you have an offer at DB or Barclays I'd take those before HL

 

Bar cap - power and utilities, DB - lev fin, sponsors, industrials

Spoke to a HL associate in rx contemplating a move because, as others have already alluded to, activity in that space is on the decline as part of the macro cycle. Although it won't be felt immediately, over the medium term it might hinder your chances of buy side exits if your cv only reads a few debt to equity swaps when there aren't many distressed debt deals floating around. If u had the choice I would probably go bar cap or DB

 

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