Would you take Liontree over mid-low tier BBs?
Would you take Liontree over mid-low tier BBs? Curious to hear people's thoughts and really appreciate any comparison of career trajectory and exits.
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Assuming good group at CS like sponsors, tmt, industrials, maybe levfin.
I was also assuming the following
Upper BB: GS, MS, JPM
Upper-Mid: Baml, Barclays, Citi
Lower-Mid: CS, UBS, DB
Would take, especially if interested in TMT. More exposure to seniors, firm is growing quickly, likely to have good TMT focused exit opps.
I would take it over Barclays but not CS
Barclays > CS in TMT over the last 2 years. CS sponsors > any group at Barclays.
Strange decision, Barclays is generally better than CS across industries but especially in TMT.
Really depends on boutique vs BB preference. There's an argument for it to go either way. It's silly to for example say that BAML is more prestigious than Liontree but Citi doesn't make the cut.
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BAML = Barclays > LionTree > Credit Suisse = Citi > UBS > DB in TMT, just imo
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I would even take it over GS and MS, if you’re interested in getting strong experience...all about if you want boutique or brand name of BB
OK Aryeh Bourkoff
Personally no. Exit ops aren't any better, and it's really just about the boutique/BB experience. Lion Tree is an extremely small shop even for a boutique, and I rather work at a BB where there's more comradery among juniors. Also if you plan on leaving finance, BB names carry much more weight than LT, who no one outside of finance will ever hear of.
I imagine there are other things to consider with this - you might get impressive deal experience on a lean team, but how is their training program? Will you have to bind your own pitchbooks? What about other resources, like CapIQ or Bloomberg?
Just something to consider. I don't have an offer yet so I'd even accept something from my buddy Tobin here, but if you have the BB/tiny up & coming EB choice, I'd personally pick BB for small inconveniences like the ones I mentioned.
Tough call. I had gotten an offer for them last year and also had one at the time for BAML.
Based on my personal interactions, really like the people and was pretty impressed with the deals all the 1st/2nd yr analysts had already worked on. Ultimately I accepted an offer to GS/MS/JPM but think I would have taken LionTree over BAML/Barclays/Citi/DB/etc.