ESG/Energy Transition/Sustainable Finance Group Exits

Interested in starting my career in any of the spaces mentioned in title. With banks starting to implement more teams in the realm of sustainability, I was wondering if anyone has insight into what potential exits from these types of groups would look like and if going to the buyside is feasible.

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Definitely feasible but exits are concentrated in broad renewables/energy space. Vanilla buyout MF PE is not a typical path for example

Think along the lines of funds focusing on renewables, infra, project finance etc - as well as sustainable asset management which is growing very quickly

Would look for teams with established track records of real deals. A lot of these groups were formed quickly during the renewable SPAC boom, the top groups are the ones that have continued to put together real M&A

 

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