Back Office M&A advisory to PE fund like Blackstone

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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Don't know much about DB CF, but how is M&A back office? Can you explain?

 

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