MM vs Boutique for SA

So, I am currently at a regional boutique (small shop doing M&A deals less than $100m), and thankfully managed to get a couple of offers for 2023 SA

Was wondering which would be a better path to BB IBD (doesn't have to be M&A)

1) got an offer to join a larger but still small M&A boutique (deals less than $500m), name unheard of outside my region
2) an offer to join the Structured Finance group of a Japanese IB think (Nomura, SMBC, MUFG, Mizuho)
3) an offer to join deal advisory for one of the Big 4s

I'm more inclined towards the Japanese IB because of the name brand and because a 2nd boutique M&A on my resume has diminishing returns?

What do you guys think?

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The Japanese banks don’t have any clout, so thinking they’re a name brand won’t do you any good. Also it’s structured finance.

Do M&A

 

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