Have already checked the site somewhat and have a decent list, but curious to hear if there are any recent news or trends for certain consultant friendly PE firms (i.e. I've heard Bain Cap hasn't been doing as great recently). Just wondering what the "hot" consultant friendly PE firms are right now and which ones might be best to avoid.
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Confirming Audax - that being said, these days they've been taking Analysts out of college and promoting them to Associates.
Do you know if Permira (USA) considers ex-MBB folks?
Edited - they do
Edited list with commentary around actual interest in consultants + attractiveness right now:
Midwest:
West
Boston - primary city for consulting friendly PE firms
New York
My picks for "hot" consultant friendly firms: H&F, Advent, New Mountain
Would add:
West:
Boston:
I have seen a lot of consultants in the Insight Onsite program which I think is what you refer to as the portfolio + M&A dual role. They also have an investment team that doesn't really hire consultants so do you have any color on why the Onsite role is differentiated to normal PE portfolio roles that pretty much always hire consultants anyways.
Does Warburg consider consultants? I saw a couple ex-MBB people on Linkedin who had worked there and was curious if they'd at least give you an interview if you came from MBB.
Would add TH Lee to Boston as well but otherwise list checks out and looks pretty comprehensive
Does Welsh Carson also consider consultants?
So every single MM lol?
Cove Hill, AEA
Any one know any fund in Canada?
embeebee
Not much to add here, the above comments cover ~90%+ of the top firms for consultants.
In Utah, Sorenson, Tower Arch, and Peterson's private equity arm are consultant friendly.
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I've seen a few ex-McKinsey at Vista
That's mostly for their Value Creation group, which has a ton of ex-MBB
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