Can you still get corporate exits from a smaller brand?

I was lucky enough to get an offer from a mm boutique investment bank. the firm is well known within finance but pretty much unknown outside of it. This means there are solid exits to lmm/mm pe but I don't really see any corporate exits, although this may just be self-selection bias.

Has anyone here exited from a bank like this to a corporate role? Were there any additional challenges you faced coming from a smaller brand? Any insights would be greatly appreciated

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I haven't done this personally, but I don't see why it would be a problem. If the bank has a rep in the finance world, it should follow that they have a brand within their coverage sectors, unless they're only doing half their job properly. 

In keeping with the above, you will probably find this much easier if you focus on corporates that look like the clients / prospects you worked with, e.g. if you're in TMT it's going to be easier for you to go to some LMM PE tech portco than it will be to go to Apple. 

 

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