From Rome to New York.
I work in Kpmg as a legal specialist (before I worked in BigLaw for 1 year) and I have just passed the NY bar exam (plus I have the gc and an LLM). I am sending my resume to big four and big law trying to get a job offer but I just did one interview. Any tip or advice? What are the firms that would find my profile interesting?

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Need to network more and not only send applications.
For consulting, reach out to KPMG maybe they can offer you a one year at KPMG NY with the promise that you’ll go back to Rome after—but you won’t (in the meantime you can look into Deloitte and other peers). Much easier to get a job once you’re already in the US market.
With law firms it’s harder and I would say networking is even more important. They get flooded with applications from LLMs. I imagine you do tax?
Feel free to DM me. I’m also from Rome and been in NY for many years

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