Is Greenhill culture still good?
All this talk about BOFA, BBs, even EBs have terrible cultural sprites, but Greenhill seems to come with a reputation that it is lax. How true does this still stand? Rising sophomore looking to recruit for IB, exit to PE but not kill my body
Can only speak to the US (NYC & CHI offices) - Yes, it still has a very down-to-earth culture with no face time requirements. As with each firm, it's mostly deal flow/pitching dependent, but generally speaking it is one of the few EBs that will give you a shot at UMM/MF exits without grinding you to death (the only firm that I'd say is comparable culture wise is PWP, but some teams there are known to grind hard).
I'd caveat the above re their restructuring team.... They tend to work hard
I never worked in banking and even know Neil Augustine's reputation . . . good news is though he too works extremely hard.
Why is Greenhill viewed as a joke then?
maybe because you're a troll?
If referring to the UK, he’s not wrong. Greenhill in LDN only do LMM deals, smaller deals than even HL would do and the deal flow at GHL (M&A) is extremely weak.
Not trolling just from what I noticed at my school from people who treat these guys going to greenhill at my school as inferior opposed to the CVP and Evercore kids
Greenhill is a decent culture but it's not the best deal flow vs other EBs. It's reputation is also somewhat historic, it's not the same prestige as it was.
Still a good shop to get experience and exit options.
You'll not be in the same bracket as other EBs but with networking you'll have a chance to place into MM/UMM. I seen some associates at MFs too.
What about U.S. ?
This just isn’t true regarding exits. GHL exits quite well to UMM / some MF. To your point though it’s partially driven by all of the analysts wanting to leave and not wanting to become senior bankers at a declining bank.
I think you're talking about the UK but in the U.S. essentially all analysts that recruit will place UMM/Good MM with a few MFs mixed in
Bro not sure what location you’re talking about but in the US, GHL exits are on par with exits from firms like MOE or LAZ. Agree that deal flow is not what it used to be but culture is still good
"Bro", where did I say the culture wasn't good? I quote "Greenhill is a decent culture".
US exits agreed probably better than Europe exits. But let's not pretend that they are getting MF exits as standard.
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