Harvard Business School - 02-16-2024

February 16, 2024 1:07pm ET

Applying: Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Northwestern / Kellogg, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2024

Pre-MBA Career: Restructuring and Insolvency lawyer

Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking Companies: Bank of America , Barclays , Citibank , Credit Suisse , Deutsche Bank , Goldman Sachs , JP Morgan , Merrill Lynch , Morgan Stanley , JP Morgan Chase

GRE: 340

GPA: 3.85

Location: India

Post MBA Location: USA

Notes:

1. Undergraduate qualifying law program (LL.B) at a top 5 National Law University in India
2. Co-founder, India's first legal aid citizenship cell (We have advised and helped 500+ migrants in India with their citizenship and residence applications, including representing them at the Foreigners Legal Tribunal in India)
3. Heading to a big law firm's Insolvency & restructuring team in Mumbai (India does not allow foreign law firms to operate in India, therefore, we have large local law firms)
4. Admitted to the Bar in India
5. Started a virtual arbitration platform for Insolvency matters that decreased the average time for disposal of a case by 10 times (Had to be shut down because regulatory changes made it illegal to offer private dispute resolution service in India)
6. Represented India at the United Nations in a cross border insolvency conference
7. Multiple Research paper publications in reputed journals (one of my papers that was published in a Yale Law journal has been cited 50+ times)
8. Co-authored a textbook on Insolvency and bankruptcy law that is now prescribed as a textbook in at least 2 universities in India.
9. Internship experience in India, the USA, UK, and Italy (all law-related internships, including one at the United Nations)
Short-term Goals- Use my Insolvency and restructuring law experience to pivot to restructuring investment banking.

Long-term Goal: Start my own distressed asset investment firm in India.

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1618 Have you already applied to these programs, or are you applying next season?

Clearly you’ve had a very strong start to your legal career, how long have you been working? Your additional research and publishing etc sounds very impressive. What are your interests outside of work?

Superb GRE, too!!

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inchoatembaappplicant Likes Earned: 2 Hi @Alexbr4, Thanks for replying! I am a deferred MBA candidate- still in school. I am joining a big law firm in India immediately post-graduation in July 2024. (1)

inchoatembaappplicant Likes Earned: 2 I love high-altitude trekking. I am a certified nutrition coach. I have also written scripts for two legal fiction movies. haha (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1618 Have the movies been produced? This is all quite impressive. You have the overall profile that should be attractive to top programs. If you’re not successful, you can always reapply in 2-3 years time, as you continue your career. Best of luck. (0)

grichmond Verified User. Likes Earned: 1167 Numbers seem very solid for DE programs (where academics often come into greater focus given the lack of extensive full-time work). It sounds like you have a solid plan for your deferral period (practicing law) and a logical post-MBA career goal (pivoting into finance). The only thing you should be aware of is that you will be applying from a market that is highly over-represented in the applicant pool, making it all the more important that you stand out.
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