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Exit options specific to capital markets?

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:20 am
by Anonymous User
What kind of exit options are available to a big law associate in capital markets? General corporate and/or M&A associates seem to be preferred for in house opportunities.

What kind of legal opportunities are there? Are there any business positions that capital market associates might have access to?

Re: Exit options specific to capital markets?

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:52 am
by legends159
In house positions at banks and public corporations are open to capital markets associates but I think most of the jobs will be in the NYC/tri-state area. You would definitely be a bit more marketable with some general corporate work as well. I hear that if you can specialize in derivatives work or structured products (equity instruments with a fixed or floating interest rate tied to some index) you can easily get in-house work at large banks.

Re: Exit options specific to capital markets?

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:11 pm
by Anonymous User
Thanks for the help. Any other input?

Re: Exit options specific to capital markets?

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:20 am
by Renzo
Not really. Legends petty much nailed it.

Re: Exit options specific to capital markets?

Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:42 pm
by Anonymous User
Going to bump this.

Seems almost all exits are at banks. Any other options? Examples welcome.

Unrelated: is there a possible transition to project finance after a few years?

Re: Exit options specific to capital markets?

Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:50 pm
by Old Gregg
Anonymous User wrote:Going to bump this.

Seems almost all exits are at banks. Any other options? Examples welcome.

Unrelated: is there a possible transition to project finance after a few years?
If you want to exit into project finance, you should start in project finance.

If you want to work at an investment bank as a banker, you should get an MBA instead of a JD.

If you want to exit into inhouse role doing M&A work, you should do M&A.


Not hard.

Re: Exit options specific to capital markets?

Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:24 pm
by jarofsoup
some government positions also. SEC, and some of the financial regs..

Re: Exit options specific to capital markets?

Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:54 pm
by aca0260
Who said anything about being a banker?

No 0Ls please.

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Re: Exit options specific to capital markets?

Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:01 pm
by Old Gregg
Anonymous User wrote:Who said anything about being a banker?

No 0Ls please.
Try midlevel biglaw associate, poncho.

Re: Exit options specific to capital markets?

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 4:11 pm
by aca0260
Sure you are.

Tell us more about MBAs and banking.

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Re: Exit options specific to capital markets?

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 4:50 pm
by Old Gregg
Anonymous User wrote:Sure you are.

Tell us more about MBAs and banking.
:lol:

More tough words from "anonymous." Seems to be the trend lately around these parts.