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Old 04-06-2020, 03:30 PM
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Was snooping around LinkedIn and came across a lot of American JD grads in high finance.

Is it common in the local context? For a law undergrad in NUS to pivot towards M&A in a bank?
The only way is to start as a law student. Get the internship with a bank, get converted, and then it doesn't really matter from there on. Trying to go into finance full time hire with only a law degree won't happen because, fundamentally, you need training. You know nothing about valuations, accounting concepts, your math is probably **** after years of not using it. They're not gonna hire you and pay you full time salary and have to teach you everything about doing your job.

I do know some who have made that jump, but they usually started as an undergrad or have an additional degree (e.g. MBA, B.science)

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