Internship at small boutique firm vs big 6 audit corporate finance

Hi everyone! Wanted to ask about your thoughts and opinions on the situation as follows:

I currently have standing internship offers from the following places in my country, Singapore:
Big 6 Audit Firm Corporate Finance (May-Dec 2023), primarily valuation, but still doing some teasers, IMs and M&A related work.
Big 4 Audit Firm Deals Advisory (Jul-Dec 2023), just valuation.
Really small boutique firm with 6 members but the founder was ex UBS and JPM, (May-Aug 2023 with possibility of extending), many lives deals including venture capital and M&A.

I was thinking whether to take the big 6 corporate finance offer vs boutique + big 4 deals advisory as I do want to beef up my resume as well to look for an entry to Middle Market Banks. Additionally, would it be seen as a regression if I spent my summer at the boutique, then went to the big 4 deals advisory for fall?

Would appreciate any input on this!

 

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