How to make the move in PE: LDN >> USA ?

Hi all,

I was wondering if you know how to make the move in PE (or IBD as I suppose it is not much different) from London to USA (thinking NYC but also LA and SF as I guess it is very different).

I guess an MBA would help do the transition, but is it possible without one? Recruiting would be a nightmare that's why I'm asking, just Visa and travel would be too much of a hussle for a firm to try and have candidates from the other side of the atlantic ..

What do you guys think?

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Yeah that's what I was thinking .. Thanks .. I'm sorry to hear you had to come back to Europe because of Visa issues .. Have you been able to find a job in London? How hard was recruiting compared to the US? Thanks

 

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