Columbia EIP 2014 Forum

[Anonymous User]

How long has Cravath taken to give offers/reject for those who were unable to meet with the hiring partner day of?

I think up to two days for offer and then snail mail for dings. When did you interview and are you corp or lit?

+1 (business days, though)

[Anonymous User]

I know people with offers from Orrick, Shearman, and Milbank--if that helps anyone.

[Anonymous User]

I know people with offers from Orrick, Shearman, and Milbank--if that helps anyone.

Just wondering, what was the turnaround period for the Shearman offer? Thanks!

[Anonymous User]

Same question, but for Orrick

[Anonymous User]

S&C SF/LA

[Anonymous User]

i had my shearman interview on Monday, offer Tuesday.

[Anonymous User]

Anybody with an offer from Kramer?

[Anonymous User]

gibson LA offers?

[Anonymous User]

Paul Hastings NY offers?

[Anonymous User]

I know people with offers from Orrick, Shearman, and Milbank--if that helps anyone.

Just wondering, what was the turnaround period for the Shearman offer? Thanks!

Orrick: Not sure. Can't have been more than a few days.

Shearman: Next day.

Milbank: Four business days (there was a weekend in between)

[Anonymous User]

gibson LA offers?

Bueller?

[Anonymous User]

gibson LA offers?

Bueller?

Bueller.

[Anonymous User]

Any Latham/Kirkland SF movement?

[Anonymous User]

Cravath corp offer. Cb yesterday

[Anonymous User]

Cravath corp offer. Cb yesterday

Congratulations! Same-day offer, or call today?

[Anonymous User]

serious question. if i know i want to do investment management/hedge funds, would you recommend i choose schulte over cravath/weil?

[Anonymous User]

Cravath corp offer. Cb yesterday

Congratulations! Same-day offer, or call today?

Came today a few hours ago. Thanks

[Anonymous User]

serious question. if i know i want to do investment management/hedge funds, would you recommend i choose schulte over cravath/weil?

This seems like a question that you need someone you trust with more experience than us to answer.

[Anonymous User]

serious question. if i know i want to do investment management/hedge funds, would you recommend i choose schulte over cravath/weil?

Are you guaranteed a spot in their hedge fund group? Also, read the thread called "v30 vs v10"

[Anonymous User]

serious question. if i know i want to do investment management/hedge funds, would you recommend i choose schulte over cravath/weil?

No idea why there is so much Schulte on these forums lately. But no, I would not take Schulte over Cravath or Weil even if I were interested in that type of work. You are not even guaranteed to be in that group. Your interests may change. And overall, the latter firms are considerably stronger than Schulte across the board in corporate practice. Easy decision for me.

[Anonymous User]

All this Schulte stuff is coming from the same guy who wants to "do hedge funds." If you'd rather do the paperwork to set up funds then exit to compliance in an HF or PE firm than work for or against a hedge fund in a contested transaction then exit to the business side in an HF or PE firm, you should choose Schulte over Cravath.

[Anonymous User]

For OMM CB, I am interviewing with the NY office. I am also very interested in their sports & entertainment practice, but that's their LA branch. Would this be a good or bad thing to mention during the CB in the NY office? I believe they allow split summers with different offices, at least under certain circumstances, but looking for others' thoughts

[Anonymous User]

All this Schulte stuff is coming from the same guy who wants to "do hedge funds." If you'd rather do the paperwork to set up funds then exit to compliance in an HF or PE firm than work for or against a hedge fund in a contested transaction then exit to the business side in an HF or PE firm, you should choose Schulte over Cravath.

Even then, is it a good idea to take Schulte over a firm like Cravath/DPW/Skadden that's better in basically every other corporate practice? How would you even know you will be doing the hedge fund work at Schulte? What would exit options look like? Genuinely curious.

[Anonymous User]

serious question. if i know i want to do investment management/hedge funds, would you recommend i choose schulte over cravath/weil?

Jesus christ. "hedge fund work" is miserable. Schulte is not the firm representing hedge funds when they actually get involved in transactions other than garden variety trades. That's when they hire one of the usual suspects. Working at schulte is a ticket to back office work at a fund long term, which would make me blow my brains out. To each their own.

This is not to say no one should ever work at schulte, or that schulte isn't a fine choice over, say, Chadbourne or Proskauer. But really, hedge fund work? Picking schulte over cravath? Seriously? is that what it comes to?

NB: I'm an associate who works with plenty of funds, and it aint at Schulte or Cravath.

[Anonymous User]

serious question. if i know i want to do investment management/hedge funds, would you recommend i choose schulte over cravath/weil?

Jesus christ. "hedge fund work" is miserable. Schulte is not the firm representing hedge funds when they actually get involved in transactions other than garden variety trades. That's when they hire one of the usual suspects. Working at schulte is a ticket to back office work at a fund long term, which would make me blow my brains out. To each their own.

This is not to say no one should ever work at schulte, or that schulte isn't a fine choice over, say, Chadbourne or Proskauer. But really, hedge fund work? Picking schulte over cravath? Seriously? is that what it comes to?

NB: I'm an associate who works with plenty of funds, and it aint at Schulte or Cravath.

schulte feeds into goldman sachs. wouldn't consider that too shabby, for the record