1. Small team with flattish hierarchy leading to a good exposure even to junior members of the team.
2. Opportunities to work independently on transactions and pursue new themes and ideas
3. Fairly good involvement with portfolio companies, board meeting participation etc
4. Very strong analytical rigour during diligence of a new transaction
5. Compensation at par with PE funds of a similar tier.
Cons
1. Too much desk-research driven analytical rigour at times. This can we substituted with other activities (discussed below)
Small organization
Fairly large exposure
A lot of front ending opportunity
Opportunity to play lead role
Cons
Lack of dept h in senior management
Limited opportunity for career advancement
Lack of mentoring
Very poor work-life balance
Vision and growth path missing for the firm