Small IB vs Big 4

I live in Eastern Europe in a developed economy (think Greece, Serbia, Turkey, Hungary) and have 2 offers on the table. One from a Big 4 as M&A Senior Associate and the other from a domestically known elite boutique with no remarkable international presence, as IB Associate. The work at Big 4 is also traditional investment banking unlike Big 4 M&A in US - it just doesn't have the IB title. Deal sizes are similar, Big 4 has more deal volume. I am considering working here for 2 years or so and going to the US for a T10 MBA and continue my career there, not 100% decided on the buy-side or sell-side atm. 


Which offer should I go with and why? Will the headhunters in the US be turned off by Big 4 on the resume?

 

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