Big4 (NYC) laterals to FAANG? Forum

[iDepreciateyou]

Has anyone had any experience lateraling from Big4 NYC to in-house Tax or other roles at FAANG? I've been doing International Tax at a Big4 for a little over a year now and wanted to know the chances of successfully lateraling into one of the acronyms.

Also, would gaining an Tax LLM help with a lateral?

[1styearlateral]

Why would a FAANG need a tax attorney on staff?

[hangtime813]

They definitely have substantial tax departments, but your title might be manager/senior manager, director, or VP as opposed to "tax counsel". Plenty of ex-big4ers move into FAANG or comparable companies to do in house tax planning, controversy, compliance, etc.

[Anonymous User]

My client contact at FAANG was a Big4 person, then went in-house at a smaller company for a few years, then ended up at FAANG as SVP, tax counsel. So it’s definitely possible. But this person was very senior at the Big4 (director I think) before going in-house.

Edit to clarify