Thought it would be helpful for some people if we had a comprehensive list and breakdown of office locations and groups in the west coast. Can we get a list going on? It would be most helpful if SA's or FT's that currently work or have worked in the WC could contribute.
GS -SF: Tech -LA: FIG, consumer/retail
MS -Menlo Park: Tech
...etc.
*Not exclusive to BB's. Would like to see some boutiques as well.
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Can speak for most of the Bay Area shops, but someone's gotta help out with LA. (This is not a ranking, merely the first shops that come to mind.)
GS: -SF: TMT, Generalist (mostly Fin Sponsors and Healthcare) -LA: Generalist
MS: -SF: Corporate Finance (mix of various products, including M&A), Healthcare -SV: Tech -LA: ???
JPM: -SF: Tech, Healthcare -LA: Generalist
DB: -SF: Tech, HC -LA: ???
MoCo: -LA: Generalist (M&A/Sponsors/Restrux)
BAML: -SF: Healthcare, Sponsors, Real Estate -SV: Tech -LA: ???
Citi: -SF: Tech, HC -LA: Generalist (mostly M&A, Metals/Mining, HC)
Jeff: -SV: Tech -SF: Clean Tech (yes, a separate group), Healthcare
BarCap: -SF: Tech, HC? -LA: ???
Centerview: -SF: M&A, HC, Tech M&A (building that group right now)
GH: -SF: Tech, something else???
BX M&A: -SV: Tech M&A
Evrcr!!!: -SF: Tech M&A
Laz: -SF: HC M&A, Tech M&A, Converts -LA: Generalist M&A, Restrux???
PWP: -SF: Tech
UBS: -SF: Tech, HC -LA: Generalist Sweatshop
QP: -SF: Tech (work entirely in the "Ballin' out control" space)
CS: -SF: Tech, HC -LS: ??? (not sure what groups are there, but I'm under the impression it's one of the larger LA BB offices)
HLHZ: -SF: Tech M&A, Healthcare? -LA: M&A, Restrux, ???
Other boutiques/MMs on my radar out here:
-In SF: Pacific Crest Sagent GCA Savvian JMP SNW Seven Hills RBC CapMkts William Blair Harris Williams Union Square Advisors
-In LA: Wedbush Imperial
-In Portland: Pacific Crest
Sick. Thanks, Richie. Let's keep em coming!
I'm interested in hearing about this as well. WC is my top choice of location to begin my career and find my next SA gig.
BAML LA: generalist program, but mostly FIG and sponsors Barcap LA: gaming, leveraged finance, financial sponsors Citi LA: also have healthcare DB LA: also generalist, but mostly FIG
moelis sv tech laz la is mostly gaming and aerospace hlhz la has specific groups such as media and telecom CS LA does a lot sponsor stuff barcap la has some fig as well centerview is hc m&a and tech m&a. they just hired someone from lazard sf ms la has two groups, corporate finance and m&a based on what i rememebered, sweatshop
for the boutiques..
Pacific Crest - a lot ipo / equity offering Sagent - tech and hc m&a GCA Savvian - supposedly does everything but more famous for internet JMP - small tech deals SNW - what's this? Seven Hills - dead, dont go there RBC CapMkts - seperated into tech, fig, m&a, healthcare and private placement William Blair - not sure Harris Williams - not sure Union Square Advisors - tech, the top guy just went to citi i think Wedbush - not sure if they even have banking...they have a bunch of research Imperial - restructuring focused, but does some lower MM M&A work, generalist. Also has an office in sf focused on rest
cowen in sf I believe Jeff's HC practice is in sv, not sf, but could be wrong raymond james - sf tech and hc hlhz has a generalist M&A (corp fin) group in la Piper Jaffray has tech, hc and maybe consumer?? in sf thinkequity in sf - tech and hc i think, but they do pretty much anything they can get their hands on wells fargo has gaming tech and M&A out of SF and MM out of LA
just started working at one of the aforementioned banks in SF and all i gotta say is I hope you suckers back east are enjoying this heat wave
Samsies.
IBs that are headquartered on the west coast or have an extremely strong west coast presence? (Originally Posted: 07/09/2011)
I was wondering if you guys could list off all the i-banks you know that are actually based out on the west coast and/or are known for having a VERY strong west coast presence.
A separate question, for BBs that have locations out west but are headquartered in nyc, aren't all job placements conducted thru the NY headquarters? That is you report to NY for training and then after the training you can be assigned to a different location?
Its not an "ï-bank," but wells fargo is ridiculously big on the west coast. Their HQ is over there too.
Though it has a banking division, all their revenue comes from commercial and corporate borrowing/lending.
Theyve also been doing a lot of FT hiring over the last month or so.
doesn't houlihan lokey have HQ in LA? there any other similar MMs based out west?
Pacific Crest ThinkEquity Merriman Curhan Ford (now Merriman Capital)
Aren't Moelis and Perella Weinberg big players on the west coast?
Qatalyst and Moelis come to mind.
DA Davidson has a strong presence in the PNW. But they're pretty small MM firm from what I've been told.
qatalyst moelis hl
pwp is based in nyc
For bigger banks...CS LA SF, GS SF, MS menlo are all big players in WC
probably missed something
isn't UBS LA a pretty big player as well?
i'll add Jefferies and RBC
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