Renewables M&A role exit opportunities.

I'm moving to a renewables m&a role at an advisory firm. 

The role seems to be focused on the sale of operating wind farms/solar farms/operational companies. 

I'm worried that it's going to pigeon hole me if I wanted to move from renewables m&a in the future to another sector say, consumer & retail m&a. 

Would it give me skills and modelling if I wanted to move into something else? Would other firms in London look on those skills favorably. 

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chromium73

It’s not highly transferable but if you are junior enough should be fine. You will be a whiz modeler after a year 

I think that's what I'm worrried about. I think they mainly use DCFs but for operating assets which is not going to be transferable. 

I could potentially transfer internally to another sector after a few years but I just worry that they won't look at me internally for other sectors if I'm too senior. 

 
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You will be modelling more complex things than >90% of generalists and doing debt sculpting etc. which are all magnitudes more technical than traditional M&A - modelling experience will be a real boon, if you have the exposure at your shop. 

That said, where you may be lacking is commercial awareness because, generally, operating renewables are not difficult to commercially analyze - it's contracted, has set O&M, capex, etc. But you can work on that part if you decide you want a generalist position down the line. 

I work in BB/EB infra and have passed all generalist M&A / PE modelling tests I've taken when I was contemplating an exit. 

 

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