What do LMM PE Associates do ?
Know that for a lot of the name brand MF, the idea is you do your two years and then go HSW, or to a hedgefund.
But wondering what happens to LMM associates ? Know the idea is that they have a higher likelihood of sticking with the firm to VP, but what happens if they like PE but don’t like the firm ?
Can you lateral to another geography or up market? I see a lot go to your random corporate gig, but not sure if that’s by choice (eg they decide they hate finance and want something chill where they can have a family etc), or what happens to the hardos who don’t want to stay with the same firm for whatever reason
Of the 3 associates in my LMM class one went to do corp finance at a portco, one lateraled up market to a Sr. assoc role, and the other lateraled to a smaller fund VP role
Speaking from London - but do see people move 'upmarket' as a lot of skills are transferable - not easy ofc, but possible.
Otherwise, people go Corp Dev etc.
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Typically see them lateral to another fund that is similar if the intention is to stay in PE. It can be in a similar geography or can be different. Going up market is difficult if you are at a $250m fund and trying to go something extreme like a $2b fund since the check size and target criteria is probably different between these two funds but wouldn't necessarily say fund size is the only metric to assess since some $2b funds can still be targetted tiny deals they are just writing more checks and will have a larger portfolio of small investments. For example there are LMM funds at places like Platinum or Veritas which are a few billion but target companies that are $100m - $200m in EV.
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