Incoming AN1 (NYC) interested in Middle East Recruiting

I’m in incoming AN1 who’s very interested in relocating to the Middle East (UAE and or Saudi) for family reasons. I was wondering if anyone had advice on how to navigate recruiting for these markets? I’ve had a few HH’s reach out but to my understanding these large cap HH’s are focused on North American PE seats. Any advice on how to navigate Middle East recruiting, who the main headhunters are and whether it’s fine to ignore the US HH’s right now? Thank you so much in advance

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“Javier Barrena provided really detailed walkthrough on how he approached a similar tasking before, and although I entered the session not knowing how to approach this case study at all, I have a much clearer picture now. This session was extremely effective, and it's fortunate that he had the availability to do this despite my case study task coming in at a very last minute.”

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Class of '18 Nov 2026 Cohort

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“Jorge was very practical and generous with his time. He gave me a clear action plan: tighten my elevator pitch to under 2 min, do a weekly modelling case study, and prep technicals, market questions and behaviourals. His networking advice (always ask each contact for 1-2 more names, track fund closes to spot hiring windows, a list of London infra headhunters) was very actionable. He also referred me internally to Nuveen within a week. Only point to improve: I’m still waiting for his feedback on the case studies I sent.”

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