HY/Distressed Credit Trading - Top Firms?

Do you guys know which banks have the best desks for distressed debt/special sits/HY? If so, what is the best way for someone at a target to get a job/internship at those places? I currently only know of JPM who does this so interested in hearing more opinions,

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I'd caution you that much of the lev fin market is actually loans nowadays. Those bond league tables are misleading, as they leave out a couple of the biggest players in lev fin: CS and Jefferies.

Those two are much more involved in the lower-end of the market (smaller companies; higher leverage).

But you probably cant go wrong with any of them.

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