Current PE Associate Hiring
How helpful have headhunters been? Nordbridge, PER, and Altus are all coming up dry as is Maven. KEA seems to have every single mandate. Blackwood only CD&R. Walker Hamill a few good ones (BC, Bain, AEA, Montagu, etc.).
Anyone have experience of HH saying nothing that fits your profile or not telling you about mandates or not have colleagues they say they will follow up, or someone calls you to ask if you are interested in a certain opp, then vanish?
my perception is that its really competitive in the lateral associate market right now. one of my friends is a recruiter out of NYC and she's saying that layoffs were mostly in VP / Principal levels at PE funds, and now that 'things are improving' deal flow is still low because there aren't enough VPs. The mid-levels need to be beefed up before they hire more associates. I'm happy to be wrong, this was one interpretation of the market.
I think the HHs don't have that many associate mandates, but they will be on you if they think there's a good fit. Overall, no idea what the market is actually looking like
was asking for associate 1 hiring so not lateral
They have tons of mandates just either not telling me about them or having issues with not speaking native European language or that I am not 18 months into IB
samew shit here tbh, those who only speak English are kinda screwed with opportunities in London it seems.....at this rate, top UK jobs in the finance space will be reserved for mainland Europeans only, so much for Brexit (which i don't agree with)
Anyone with views on Options Group or know who do growth/crossover investors in London (TCV, Sequoia, QIA, ME SWFs, DST Global etc)?
Options Group is good for distressed PE or credit HFs. Not so much for PE
ASO2 trying to lateral in NYC - quite slow, although I'm probably slowing down the process by limiting my geographies to NYC and DC. Funds are still shedding headcount from overhiring in 2020-2022. PE doesn't work like banks witih mass layoffs so it takes a while for overhires to attrit out.
i moved here from NY recently so have all the contacts there if you are willing to trade for london... DM
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