Summer Offer: UBS vs. Guggenheim vs. Rothschild (RX)
Was hoping people could lend some insight into these three firms. I would be looking to do M&A at UBS/Gugg or RX at Rothschild. Specifically, what are the exit ops like from the three places, I want to eventually do PE and want to know which would give me the best chance to end up at a good firm. (All NYC)
Rothschild RX no question. Although i could see some people taking Guggenheim (on the rise, M&A). The exits from Guggeneheim were good but for some reason their analaysts class have been huge these past years.
Rothschild RX are top of the street (aside from HL/PJT) and while many of you exits will be in distressed PE/HF I have heard that they still can land into top MM/MF due to the pedigree.
Didn’t give you MS and generally agree but Rothschild RX isn’t really top of the street - I’d personally put Laz/Evercore before them.
Rothschild's restructuring practice is much better than Evercore's. Yes the Co-Heads of the Group left, but they are still a top notch group which regularly places in MF/MM. If you care about placement, all you need to do is a LinkedIn search. Its much more reliable than relying on hearsay on this forum
Not sure why we’re comparing it to EVR but regardless the Evercore RX analyst experience is better than that of Rothschild.
Gugg's entire intern class was ~60 but that includes sophomore and associates. Analyst class was in the 40s
That is what I have heard as well....is the consensus that an analyst class of 40+ will dilute exits? I was under the impression that it won't make much of a difference because the name of your bank only gets you looked at, after that it is up to you to get the offer, so the number of analysts shouldn't really affect any one person's experience. With the logic being that if someone was good enough to get a PE job in an analyst class size of 15, they would be good enough to get one in an analyst class size of 40. I could be missing something though
Go with Guggenheim if you want PE. Here's why: you need to be a top analyst at any firm (yes, that includes Evercore, Lazard, etc.) to get good exits. There's this huge misconception on WSO that if you get a top group at a top BB or EB, you're somehow set for PE recruiting. What matters so so so much more is your actual skill level.