2025 Best Banking Firms for Work/Life Balance
Centerview Partners
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 into business together,...
Moelis & Company
Moelis & Company provides strategic advice and solutions to a diverse global client base, including corporations, institutions, governments, and financial sponsors. Headquartered in New York, the firm operates across 23 locations in the...
Lazard
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...
Perella Weinberg
Founded in June 2006, Perella Weinberg advises clients on mergers and acquisitions execution, shareholder and defense advisory, financing and capital solutions, capital markets advisory, and private capital placements. Also, following the 2016...
Loop Capital Markets
Loop Capital is a full-service investment bank, brokerage, and advisory firm that provides capital solutions for corporate, governmental, and institutional entities across the globe. Founded in 1997 by James Reynolds, Jr. and Albert Grace, Jr.,...
Guggenheim Securities
Guggenheim Securities is the investment banking and capital markets arm of Guggenheim Partners, which employs more than 2,400 people worldwide and is headquartered in Chicago and New York. Guggenheim Securities, which employs more than 1,100...
Greenhill & Co., LLC
Greenhill, which closed its acquisition by Tokyo-based Mizuho Financial Group in November 2023, calls itself “a unique investment banking firm,” and to be sure, it follows a model quite unlike the structure of its behemoth competitors. The firm...
DC Advisory
DC Advisory is an international investment bank. As part of an established global business, it offers access to over 750 professionals in 24 locations throughout Asia, Europe, and the US. Across 11 industry-focused teams, the firm offers...
PJT Partners
PJT Partners is a global advisory-focused investment bank headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Madrid, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, and Dubai. The firm was created in...
William Blair
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,...