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ArcLight is a shadow of the firm it was 5+ years ago. Associate quality isn't bad, per se, but the somewhat challenging culture and subpar returns don't make it an attractive value proposition unless you are more senior and have already carved out a meaningful chunk of the pie. Not bad for a ~2-year stint if you want to be in Boston but I'd look elsewhere if you are interested in a solid seat with promising internal growth prospects.

 

Agreed with DIF and Basalt in particular. Feel like a lot of the mm infra shops are fairly siloed geographically so nice differentiation if you’re working across both NA and EMEA deals. Will be interesting to see if DIF stays in the mm post CVC acquisition.

 

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