I'm curious, would an M&A analyst position at a national, reputed law firm help me break into traditional IB? Currently I'm working at an F500 lender as a finc. reporting analyst and would like to know if the M&A position would help step me in the right direction. It would be a position that is approached primarily from the legal side of the business- ie drafting M&A docs, legal and business research- but it would give me significant exposure to Upper MGMT and IB clients.
Assuming I network effectively, would this be an effective platform to land a (non-legal preferrably) IB analyst/associate position?
May 09 Finance Grad
What the fuck is a law firm analyst? Does that mean you're a paralegal? From the sounds of it, you'd probably be doing research, which would not be helpful.
Curious myself. Title of the position is Securities Analyst.
Perhaps it is research-heavy but is that a better position than I'm currently in?
I don't mean to threadjack but what about doing M&A and IPO work for a regional venture capital firm (doesn't have name recognition)? I'm an undergrad and it would be an internship during the semester.
To be honest, it might not be completely relevant to the type of M&A activity an IB analyst would do. Nevertheless, it does give you deal exposure, which some teams might find useful. I personally would consider working for this Law firm more relevant than what you're currently doing, but that's just me.
very useful. you might need to do an mba still to transfer in as an assoc, but many have said that lawyers make the best bankers. just look online at bios of bankers, and loads of them once worked for a law firm, esp. in their corp law ma depts.... f
very useful. you might need to do an mba still to transfer in as an assoc, but many have said that lawyers make the best bankers. just look online at bios of bankers, and loads of them once worked for a law firm, esp. in their corp law ma depts.... f
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