As someone who worked in STB M&A for a period and monitored this thread you basically ignored all due diligence. If you are having to ask a question like "just how bad is STB M&A?" that should be enough to not do it. You had other offers, something about STB drew you in (curious what the other offers were or why STB was such a draw despite knowing its horrible) and then you insisted on M&A for, at best, what is a speculative reason for someone not currently employed in big law and knowledgeable about the in-house hiring process.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 11:02 pmAnonymous User wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:32 pmlol.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Fri Sep 17, 2021 1:29 amOP here. Appreciate all the input! I ended up choosing Simpson a few weeks ago. Talked with some associates and they echoed what the two people above said - i.e., STB M&A is on par with the other V10 M&A shops with regards to workload - so basically, pretty bad, but not noticeably worse than CSM/S&C/DPW/etc. FWIW, one of them told me about a friend at CSM and how they have just been bleeding corporate associates this past year, especially in M&A after what was apparently a crazy deal timeline with Amazon-MGM and utter lack of empathy from partners. It’s gotten so bad that CSM is rumored to be looking for hiring laterals now?? I think that anecdote was supposed to give me comfort that churn at STB M&A hasn’t been the worst lately lol. I’ve committed now so I guess I’ll just have to wait for next summer to find out
It's a good thing the STB M&A partners are all super empathetic. And for what it's worth, everyone at CSM who worked on the Amazon-MGM deal (which isn't a lot of people to begin with) is still there... not saying CSM's a great place to work but this whole thread comes off as you trying to justify the preconceptions you already had.
I never said STB partners are super empathetic lol. Just that M&A partners at any top firm in NYC are going to be pretty demanding. And yes, I suppose I am trying to "justify the preconceptions"...of a lot of TLSers who seem to hate on STB M&A. Just doing my due diligence dude (well, I guess it's done now).
Eagerly await the STB junior in the M&A department advice on where to lateral thread in a couple years. "Just how bad is K&E M&A?" thread incoming.