West Coast EB Groups
friends and I at an east coast target just wrapped up recruiting and there were surprisingly quite a few of us who were gunning for West Coast EBs as our top choices (excl healthcare), so I just wanted to share how we ranked the groups as another data point
Tier 1: Q, CVP PA/SF, MOE LA, EVR Menlo (contentious one, half of us felt it was tier 1 half tier 2)
Tier 2: PWP SF, LAZ SF, MOE SF
Tier 3: Greenhill
Couldn't Rank: PJT SF (they only took 1 intern from a superday comprising female candidates)
this is a highly subjective list based off our collective impressions after research and talking with seniors/alumni, happy to hear what everyone else thinks
Put Qatalyst in S tier then
you right how did I forget this, edited
Tier 1: Q
Tier 2: EVR Menlo / LAZ SF
Tier 3: CVP PA (SF is mostly biotech)
Tier 4: MOE SF
Tier 5: PWP SF / PJT SF / Greenhill SF
Source: Currently at GS SF / MS Menlo
Yeah Q miles ahead of any other EB. EVR and Laz not really on shit. Only thing Laz has is retainer with Goog (advised on latest acquisition mandiant under it)
Eh. My friends at Evercore and LAZ have worked on some sick deals and both firms have exceptional exits (although one is far sweatier than the other). LAZ recently did Sony/Bungie and Visa/Plaid. But most ppl only know them for doing all of Google's deals.
Moelis SF is accurate for the quality of their tech practice but it seems like their exits are much better than that / roughly on par with the LA office (though not as good for S-tier MF like APO or SL, granted)
Need to add MOE LA and HL RX LA
PWP SF not comparable to MOE SF or LAZ SF?
Swap Lazard SF with CVP SF/PA. This is not NYC (even then it’s pretty close), and Lazard is stronger in tech practices than CVP
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