PE Recruitment as Associate

I’m an associate at a top team at GS/MS/JPM - I moved to the US from Europe where PE recruitment does not follow the typical US style. Is there still a chance of me landing a good offer in the US / does anyone have any advice of how to go about recruitment at my level?

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