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also curious
Moelis LA is top tier. Comparable to top groups in NYC
Moelis LA / CS Sponsors / Goldman TMT / MS TMT / Qatalyst / Houlihan Restructuring LA are really the only banking analysts on the west coast that will 100% get looks from NYC headhunters. The rest are fighting for the good west coast spots left behind by those at the top groups, and have very little chance to land a umm/mf offer in NY.
Curious, how do you know this? Are you just going by the logic that those are the best groups -> they'll get all the looks, or have you heard from people who've worked at those groups and tried to recruit?
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What about CS LevFin?
He means CSLA, which is Sponsors and LevFin (combined).
Currently a first year at one of the EB groupS mentioned, and I can attest this is 100% true. It’s a struggle recruiting for NY PE in general, especially so for MF/UMM for any of the weaker groups. General view from headhunters was that a lot of the regional office kids were “too weak” to make it to NY in the beginning, and thus aren’t viewed as competitive candidates compared to the NY BB/EB crowd.
Just curious, from what you've seen, do you think it's actually true that many regional office kids were "too weak" to make it to NY"? I always figured industry preferences/family background were the primary motivators for starting out on the west coast.
Also: if HH's have this preconceived notion, is there anything someone could say to "excuse" why they're starting in LA instead of NYC (e.g. would telling them that I'm originally from LA work)?
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I lateraled from LA EB to NYC BB to recruit for UMM PE
Current SA at an LA firm considering the same move you described.
What was your timeline for making the switch? Any additional advice would be really helpful too
I did it as an analyst - 1 year in. You're in a much better position as an SA to just do FT directly in NYC Network now with all BB/EB - it literally doesn't matter which one, honestly DB/UBS give you the same shot as GS/MS at PE if you prep well.
Is it possible to recruit for MF/UMM NY PE from MS/Barc/CS west coast sponsors groups?
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