Anybody have intel on what hours are like in Simpson Thacher's NYC Banking & Finance group? Forum

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[Anonymous User]

If you’re asking because you want to avoid grinding long hours, then that place definitely isn’t for you. It’s Chambers Band 1, with a similarly ranked M&A practice, so expect it to be as demanding as it can be in that space.

[Anonymous User]

If you’re asking because you want to avoid grinding long hours, then that place definitely isn’t for you. It’s Chambers Band 1, with a similarly ranked M&A practice, so expect it to be as demanding as it can be in that space.

Yeah, was hoping for numbers (I’m a midlevel shopping around). Coming from a firm where hours were usually 2250, give or take 250.

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Edit: Gave a snarky response assuming you were a law student. I take it back.

[Anonymous User]

Edit: Gave a snarky response assuming you were a law student. I take it back.

Oh, no—just trying to figure out if STB would be an improvement on my QOL or not.

[Anonymous User]

If you’re asking because you want to avoid grinding long hours, then that place definitely isn’t for you. It’s Chambers Band 1, with a similarly ranked M&A practice, so expect it to be as demanding as it can be in that space.

Yeah, was hoping for numbers (I’m a midlevel shopping around). Coming from a firm where hours were usually 2250, give or take 250.

I don't think there's anywhere with higher hours than that, except maybe Wachtell. Depending on your luck in a given year, though, it might not be lower.

[Anonymous User]

If you’re asking because you want to avoid grinding long hours, then that place definitely isn’t for you. It’s Chambers Band 1, with a similarly ranked M&A practice, so expect it to be as demanding as it can be in that space.

Yeah, was hoping for numbers (I’m a midlevel shopping around). Coming from a firm where hours were usually 2250, give or take 250.

I don't think there's anywhere with higher hours than that, except maybe Wachtell. Depending on your luck in a given year, though, it might not be lower.

Are you bank side? Cahill mid-level in a normal year would be 2300-2700 (for promotion track associates). LW would be roughly the same. Would imagine it’d be similar at STB and the other band 1s.