Non-EB RX Thread: Miller Buckfire v. Ducera v. GLC v. TRS v Gordian

Can anyone speak on the merits of these shops with regards to each other? Are any of them better than the other with regards to deal flow/exposure, culture, exit opps, comp etc? How strong are they in the RX world?

 

Ducera is quite strong, preference for creditor work ex. Neiman Marcus, also do M&A from time to time although work environment might not be for everyone. Have heard anecdotally that pay is quite good. In some ways, based just on employees/scale and deals they have recently done, might be best of the group OP listed but I'll leave that up to others to decide. 

 

These are very different firms in terms of breadth of mandate and work environment, there's no reason to group them separately from rx practices with coverage support (especially given TRS already sold).

 

Gordian isn’t the same tier as the rest of these. Ducera does some cool creditor work and TRS does too.

 

Miller Buckfire is nowhere near where it used to be. Really fell off shortly after the financial crisis and doesn’t get most of the big deals anymore. I believe mostly creditor side but I can’t remember exactly. Most of the top bankers left years ago and are now high up in other rx shops (EVR, GUGG, CVP, to name a few).

 

LMFAO Gordian Group is nowhere near the rest of these, they have one MD who’s semi-decent but that’s about all they have going for them. TRS and Ducera are both solid shops that will allow you to exit decently or at the very least, lateral to a better bank.

 

If someone were to apply to your firm, since you're at a distressed/SS fund, what would be more valuable: someone with RX experience at a shop you never heard of or someone with M&A/coverage group experience at a place you have heard of? Wondering to what extent name brand outweighs the relevancy/similarity of prior work experience to what your fund does. 

 

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