Career Guidance to get into UK IB

I will be graduating this summer with a law degree in Europe (non-target as fuck). My final goal is to get into IB/PE in London (M&A) but I don't have a direct shot. My current 4 offers after graduating are:

a) Compliance at a BB in London (pro: easier to network, contra: it's compliance so 0 relevance for IB).

b) Audit at Big 4 in East Europe (pro: learning accounting, contra: East Europe).

c) Banking & Finance Paralegal in Benelux (pro: learning the legal side of finance, contra: harder to lateral because it's law).

d) Corporate Law in East Europe (pro: learning the legal side of M&A, contra: East Europe).

I still have the chance to pursue a Master's Degree but wouldn't put to much faith on it because my GPA is around 8 on a scale of 1 - 10 so no chances of getting into a target.

So, if you were in my position, how would you do it?

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Apply for an MSc in LSE, Imperial, UCL and as a last option Kings and then Cass. Then apply for m&a internships and you should be fine

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