What are exit ops for a lawyer in M&A tax? How long do I need to stay in PA before looking for other opportunities?

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F500 companies generally have at least one person on the planning/transactional side.

Bigger the company, the more there are. My experience suggests no chance at those roles before manager and to get the better ones is more of a 6+ YOE heavy manager or SM.

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If there’s significant prior experience (international especially) that is of value then that will be a benefit.

Tax planning or international tax in industry. M&A tax in industry is a possibility but not common. If you stay until manager you’ll have lots of good options.

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I would not say “lots” lol. Very few options even at manager and up.

Leaving m&a is very hard. I did it within the last year and there were very few options. I have another coworker who did it and it took him over a year of looking. I took a tax counsel role though but it was very difficult to get.

Feel free to DM me if you have any questions.

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Similar experience it takes time to find the right fit.

Went big4 M&A —> in house M&A —> tax counsel at same company. Also happy to discuss.

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There are deceptively few options. Hard to leave to law firm or government. Best case scenario you go inside to PE or family office in a tax planning role or something like that.

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personally know 8 or 9 that left my international tax group to biglaw in 2020-2022 (NYC)

This was why I chose international tax over M&A tax, due to M&A being limited in exits. There aren’t a ton for M&A but you may be able to swing a planning or in-house counsel role for a large enough company. You’ll want to get to at least manager in public though since I think the roles are limited for seniors.

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