sturggling here between Mcgladrey M&A transaction position and regional Investment Bank in Asia

Hi Folks,

I work for big 4 as an auditor, has been on big four for 4 years now. As I've been exploring jobs, I found good opportunity to work for Mcgladrey doing financial due dilignence on M&As. I am actually Korean, and I also got couple offers in investment banking division(working on M&A deal execution and IPOs) from regional securities firm in Korea. I am struggling to decide where I should go. Getting out of audit is great, but going from big 4 to regeional firm sounds downgrading. However it is due diligence work which is bettwe than audit. Going to Korea will allow me to work on actual M&A deals. I was wondering where I can go after few years if I go work for Mcglarey transaction services group? Do people recognize highly of this company's transaction group? Which would be your choice? Any advice will help.

Thanks

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M&A at any CPA firm is fool's gold (more accounting than finance), let alone at a lower-second-tier firm like McGladrey.

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