Hello, I will be joining DB as an analyst next year in the corporate finance division for M&A advisory. I would like to know if one can switch from the back office role to a P.E fund. And how frequent is the transition
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Your question is rather generic. In general, a top PE fund would not hire you into an investing role if your only experience is in back office
Don't know much about DB CF, but how is M&A back office? Can you explain?
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