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For many college students, studying abroad is an undergraduate rite of passage — more cultural exchange than exercise in academic rigor or career prep.

With law degrees from three countries, fluency in five languages and post-graduate job offers in Paris, Beatrice Zdrodowski figured she would leave St. Louis behind after completing Saint Louis University’s one-year master’s in law program for foreign lawyers.

Some kids grow up with dreams of being an astronaut, or perhaps a pro athlete or movie star. As the son of a Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard founding member, Alex Bean had a more singular vision.

Helping to broker the sale of one of St. Louis’ fastest-growing companies to its current private equity owner in early 2018 was unquestionably an early-career highlight for M&A attorney Mary Kate Hogan, then a Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner associate of two years.