How would you rank Centerview Partners (CVP) in 2020?
Where would you rank Centerview Partners in terms of deal-flow, prestige, comp and exit ops? Better/worse than Evr/Laz/Moe?
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I feel like there are a lot of threads on this but CVP is “tier 1” EB and only other EB that really “outclasses” it is EVR. PJT is great as well but would argue that their M&A practice is in-line with CVP. Fee per banker headcount (important metric) believe CVP should be the highest aside from maybe PJT.
Culture has been great led by Blair Effron but will note that with the recent hiring of new partners/md in the past 1-2 years the culture is a little less linear between groups as it used to be.
Hours are interesting I’ve had 50-60 hour weeks (literally no facetime) and weeks where it would be constant fire drills at 100+ hours. Generally no facetime which is great.
Pay...needless to say its amazing I think our associates comp is as good as MF and possibly even better. Will say though people here (senior associate +) stay because they want to become career bankers not $$
Exit opps people think because its a 3 year program exits aren’t great but that couldn't be further from the truth. Literally every single firm is open to you. And if you’ve done your 2-3 years and build rapport, partners/md willing to call and vouch for you.
Idk why people are throwing ms at you when you work there lol
Freshman and sophomores on this site really think they know more from what they see on this website than from someone who actually works at the firm lmaoo
Does CVP sponsor H1-B visa?
nope - they did previously, but I heard they stopped
I recently ran the fee per bankers numbers for all of the EBs, and CVP absolutely blows everyone out of the water. Like it’s not even close. They have ~60 partners right now and they publicly disclosed ~$1.3bn in 2020 revenue, which is insane. All of the other EBs (Evercore, PJT, Lazard) are public, so it’s easy to spread.
How is CVP split? Can you work in M&A only and not in capital advisory?
I've worked at a BB but do not like capital side at all, so looking for a firm where I can just work on the M&A bit. Will that be possible at CVP? I've also been told that the culture/WLB is crazy good.
Cvp evr pjt laz moe pwp all tier 1. First 3 maybe a slight hair above the last 3
Think it’s a top shop, but in general out of the EBs centerview and perella aren’t talked about as much since they’re private and a lot smaller. Laz/moe/PJT/eve rcore are all public and much more visibility
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agree with the rankings
pretty much agree -- PJT RSSG is consistently the top choice for kids interested in banking at top targets; that said the competition to get the one or two spots in each class that aren't H/W is brutal, but i guess how small/selective the group is part of the allure for people.
Aside from RSSG being the top choice team, everything else you said is wrong lol.
This might be controversial but I don’t think the analysts at Centerview are on par with some of the other EBs like people say they are. Reason for this is all about the recruiting timeline - they are literally the last bank on the street to recruit (September) and all the prepared and good candidates have already signed with EBs or GS/MS/JPM. Take this year 2021 recruiting - EVR, MOE, PWP, PJT RSSG already done. Laz would normally be done but pushed back due to covid. No one is declining any of these banks for a shot at Centerview in September.
some cvp offers are out for 2021, they accelerate lol
Only a few for H. Not most
To add on to my last comment all the people I know who got Centerview struck out everywhere else during the process and landed Centerview in September. Still a great place to be, but looking on LinkedIn you see kids from like USC and texas A&M as summer analysts.
Your first sentence proves nothing. Recruiting is so random. Strucking out doesn't necessarily mean they are less qualified.
don't forget smu!
Bro you are 100% wrong. Banks are looking to hire from more and more schools, not just a few like they've historically done. There are Arizona State kids at PJT, Ohio State kids at Evercore, etc. Also, UT is a target school at Evercore NYC so by your definition, the bank sucks?
They take back your 50k signing bonus but u can still recruit 2nd year
cvp > god
How is CVP's restructuring practice compared to banks like Evercore and PWP?
bump
Roughly in line with PWP but behind EVR
I feel like I've said this on multiple threads but their Healthcare practice is the best one for large cap biopharma. They have been absolutely cleaning up in the space. Out of the EBs, only Evercore and PJT truly compare.
Accurate comment. SB’d
I would rank (IWR) them as potentially ok (APOK) but I’m not really (INR) what I’m talking about (WITA)
This guy gets it! SBed
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