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You'll be working with some of the brightest people on the street - that's the good news. The bad news is that the pay is terrible and the hours and culture are terrible. Look how high the turnover is at the junior levels.

 
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Candidly, I think the two partners have a bad reputation in the industry. They're both super wealthy and intelligent but I don't think they treat staff well and they're also quite litigious.

They're basically a meme since they are suing a group that didn't end up wanting to do a deal with them. Counterparties renege on deals all the time - unless a PSA was signed an LOI is as good as toilet paper in court.

 

They quietly took a GP stake from Investcorp and are expanding into a bunch of random strategies. LMM FoF/co-invests that have nothing to do with the credit/distressed secondaries, energy fund, etc. Best returns are probably behind them IMO.

 

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