Best Banking Firms to Work For

In 2006, UBS Vice Chairman Blair Effron had dinner with his friend Robert Pruzan, a veteran investment banker and former CEO of Wasserstein Perella. The two men decided to capitalize on the lucrative M&A boom by going in to business...

Harris Williams is a global investment bank specializing in M&A and private capital advisory services with offices in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Frankfurt, London, Minneapolis, New York, Richmond, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. The...

Moelis & Company provides financial advisory services to corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide. In addition to New York, Moelis has offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, London,...

William Blair is a global boutique with expertise in investment banking, investment management, and private wealth management. It is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in more than 20 cities on four continents. The firm helps corporations,...

Guggenheim Securities is the investment banking and capital markets arm of Guggenheim Partners, which employs more than 2,100 worldwide and is headquartered in Chicago and New York. Guggenheim Securities provides advisory, sales and trading,...

Founded in 1989 as one of the first independent investment banks, Solomon Partners (formerly PJ SOLOMON) is a financial advisory firm and one of the first independent investment banks. It offers a global reach through its partnership with...

Founded in 1848, Lazard has advised on some of the most significant mergers and acquisitions in Europe and the Americas since the beginning of the 20th century. The firm's modern history can be traced to the year 2000, when the “three houses of...

Founded in June 2006, Perella Weinberg advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, growth capital and capital markets, restructuring and liability management, shareholder engagement, and on other strategic and financial transactions. Perella...

Greenhill calls itself “a unique investment banking firm,” and to be sure, it follows a model quite unlike the structure of its behemoth competitors. At Greenhill, independence is the guiding philosophy; because it’s not part of a larger...