Davis Polk NY vs Latham NY for debt finance? Midlevel looking to lateral from another lender focused finance group. Would love insights on culture, quality of work/lawyers and long-term growth prospects for laterals.

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Latham is pretty solid culture-wise.

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That’s the policy, but most come in 2-3 days a week

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Growth is limited at LW given bureaucracy. Not sure about DPW.

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Can DM me

I would have some follow up questions for you but with no other info I would recommend LW.

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Care to share a bit more, recruiter?

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Single tier partnership level at DPW, if that’s the goal.

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