Centerbridge generalist?

Curious to know how Centerbridge splits up its associate teams. Is there a “buyout segment”, a special sit segment, a credit segment etc. and you recruit for/are placed in one of them, or are you a generalist, staffed across verticals?

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The way I understood it from a friend who interviewed there is as follows: they break you into liquid and illiquid credit and hire ~3 people to work between those two categories

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Gotcha so I take it that if they specialize enough to split credit into two verticals then there is not a lot of overlap between say PE and special sits mandates

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Oh interesting so you're saying it is generalist in a sense at the associate level if you're staffed across deals that fall in the a credit/public/private/distressed mandate?

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You're staffed across verticals. They try to spin it as a benefit that you analyze a company and can invest either via a buyout or debt or another method if necessary/applicable, but to many who want to learn buyouts it's a turnoff.

 

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