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Hi, I need a referral for an internship
in Financial Advisory Team
Valuation, M&A, FDD, or Financial
Consulting - at Big 4 in Germany,
can anyone help me?
I did my bachelor's degree at the
University of Mannheim.
I would appreciate any kind of
support and advice.
I'm not above reaching out to alumni
directly via Linkedln, but l'd prefer to
bug as few as possible. So if you
want to help, guide, or mentor,
please pm me.
PwC Deloitte KPMG EY
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If your asking it’s too late
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Past 3-4 it’s really tough for investment deal roles
At application. Also, if you accept an off cycle offer (which consultants generally have better shots at) you’d start closer to when you actually get the offer.
In London even Senior Partner has exited from Bain to PE to act as a lead of Value Creation, so I guess never too late
Mentor
For ops, this is correct. For investment, it gets harder and harder the later you wait.
I have an MD who spent over 10 years in consulting, but he was also a turnaround guy and routed through a distressed fund before coming to regular way PE
F
Probably “never” for Ops team, much harder for deal team but I have seen people join at the Manager level and even Partner level even though it is much more common to join as Associate as you already know
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Never for ops. 5-8 years out of undergrad for deal team.