Networking for Associate Position

Hi guys, I'm a corporate lawyer at a v5 firm in NY doing M&A work looking to make the change to IB.

I have a fairly straightforward question: Should I focus my networking efforts on associates, VPs or both? Kind of hard to find much on the internet about networking into an associate role from a non-traditional path. Thank you in advance for the help.

 

biglawtoIB, hey, look at the bright side, at least you didn't get a ton of monkey shit thrown at you...here is my best guess on threads that might be helpful:

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Fingers crossed that one of those helps you.

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