Thoughts on William Blair?
I have a super day with them this coming week. It seems that people at my school don't give them much weight or credit, and I am not sure how I should put this in my mental note. From what I can tell, they are growing a lot, with good mandates in the last year, as well as having acquired a couple of other niche banks to expand what they can offer. The analysts I have coffee chatted with as well seem... happier..? Like Saturdays are actually protected in some way? Honestly, I am just wanting to get some feedback from people that have been there recently or are currently there - ideally from tech team as well.
In short, I hardly see these guys on tier lists, no people blatantly complaining about them like UBS, and am just confused on how I should view an interview/offer from them. My gut says its better than I am thinking.
What group is spd for? Consumer?
tech for me - but just generally want to know abt culture.
Very respectable firm and one of the best (if not the best) at what they do, which is middle market sell-sides, a lot of which are sponsor-backed. Very much a sweatshop given the volume of deals they work on, but almost every UMM/MM sponsor works with Blair for a reason. They have some very well connected MD's across sponsors and strategics. Prospects and analysts love to shit on Blair and generally every MM platform due to their obsession with perceived prestige, but it is a very well respected platform by most PE professionals. Have worked with some great associates from Blair at my firm, and while there may be some sampling bias, have generally found them to be extremely hardworking and well-trained. Similar to Jefferies / HL / Baird / Moelis in the sense of all of them being sweatshops that chrun out deals, but you will get a lot of deal experience.
my thought process is that nearly every bank on the street is going to be a sweat shop to some extent, so I would rather work on a real deal than a pitch for the hours. This is great to know. I don't know if MBA banking is long term for me, so getting the real reps and understanding in for me seems to be much more important. Thank you for the advice and input.
Their tech group was solid but sharp decline over the past 5 or so years and it will only get worse. To put it lightly, analysts and associates are subpar… VPs still have to be on every call with sr associates.
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