Exit Ops - Project Finance & Leverage Finance at a BS Shop in APAC

Hi everyone. I will be taking on an offer with a Japanese bank in APAC. They are a balance sheet shop with their core focus on leverage finance and project finance. I'll be doing alot of financial modelling from a debt perspective during my time there. Deal flow is good (particularly in project finance), they usually take lead on most deals.

I would like to know what are my exit ops at least in APAC. I have read articles about people moving on to work with Infrastructure Funds, some of the project sponsors (including PE firms for the case of leverage finance), and even some of the principal investment teams in banks. I am not sure how much of it applies to APAC as I am not familiar with the actual street talk here. Help from anyone with experience working in the relevant fields would be really great! I would be happy to provide more information and drop you a message if need be. Thank you :).

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