Certified Prestige Ranking For Independent Advisory Shops (EBs)

Tier 1a (Secretive Mount Olympus): Allen & Co

Tier 1b (Flashy Mount Olympus): CVP, PJT RSSG

Tier 2a (Shadowy Demigods): Dyal & Co, M Klein & Co, Q

Tier 2b (Flashy Demigods): PJT non-RSSG, LAZ, PWP

Tier 3a (Fallen Angels): GRNHL

Tier 3b (Archangels): PWP, EVR RX

Tier 4 (Royalty): GUGG/RAINE/LIONTREE

Tier 4.5 (Somewhat More Selective Than Tier 5): M&CO LA

Tier 5 (Bloated Non-Selective Dumpster Diving Bottom-of-the-Barrel Scraping Nontarget Heaven Pedestrian Commoners): EVR non-RX, M&CO NYC

Tier 6 (Somehow Even Worse Than Tier 5): M&CO SF

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