That's in line with how I'm thinking about this. Roth really impressed me with their culture and just in general how they think about the business long term. Lazard felt more like "just another banking job", even though they offered a moderately higher base. I guess, I should also add that I plan on being in banking for a while.

 
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From talking to a lot of people in the city, Laz and Rth are ranked quite a bit higher than Barclays, especially if you are not going to the UK M&A or PUI team at Barclays which are very strong. Barclays overall is a weaker franchise in EMEA than in the US due to Lehman. While it is true that between Laz and Rth you really cannot go wrong regarding prestige (and please don't decide based on minuscule differences in perceived prestige), you should be very careful as to what you expect from your move. Rothschild is always working on deals MM, and you will undoubtedly have one of the best deal flows in the city, but if you are in it for the long run, you have to make a judgement call whether it will bother you to miss out on the Blockbuster Deals. Lazard is much more focused on large-cap and will enable you to work on the transactions you read about in the newspaper (again, a bit cliche, but at this point in your career it might be a factor). However, be aware that this means competing with the US BBs on nearly every transaction, not always fun. I cannot comment on career progression and work-life-balance from VP level onwards, but make sure you take that into consideration as well.

 

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