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I am an A1 working in a projects team of a T-1 firm. What are my chances of shifting to M&A. While my team primarily focuses on project development, I have experience in projects M&A and gen corp advisory as well.
I am a partner in a tier 1 firm, and jumped to M&A after doing projects (not M&A) for 5 years.
So speaking from experience.
I was lucky to have a great set of partners who hired me without any discount. But even if they do, you are here for the long haul. Does it matter if your peers made partner couple of years before you. When you are on the negotiating table and a partner, experience doesn’t matter. Skill matters. You could be a first year partner whopping an ass of a partner with