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Hi Euroazn, While you are correct about M&A departments traditionally hiring lawyers, they usually only consider applicants with finance, capitol markets, or M&A experience at a large NYC firm. Since I would be coming from litigation, there aren't really any openings. There are a ton of...

Hi everybody, I have been contemplating a switch from the legal field to finance. I graduated undergrad with as a math major in 2003 (hi ranked school, 3.8 GPA), went straight to law school (3.3 GPA) and then worked at a large NYC firm (vault top 20) for 3 years. While I was in the litigation...