Corporate M&A or PE?

Hi all,I currently work for an independent sponsor and have interviewed for a PE position and a public company M&A position. Just want to know if you were in my shoes, which career path you would choose and why?Also, any thoughts on corporate M&A bonus and total comp?Appreciated!

The corporate M&A role is going to be remote.

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Is corporate m&a just m&a? Not familiar with the term, and I ask because when people say corporate private equity that just means PE has how most people know it, to differentiate from something like real estate private equity

Yes, M&A only. This corporate M&A role can be remote. The PE role is at a buyout fund and needs to be on site later this year.

 
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I wouldn’t switch industries just for a perk (i.e., working from home) - if you want to do PE, do PE (and CorpDev opportunities should be open to you later); if you want to do CorpDev, do it (PE will be harder, but not impossible, later)

I’m in PE, so biased, but I prefer the higher comp, more flexible mandate, future optionality, and greater control of the process (not subject to other business units). It’s important to me to be somewhere where my skillset is the revenue driver - investing is ancillary to most operating businesses, but it’s the key value driver at a fund (intuitively)

Devil’s advocate, CorpDev can have better WLB, more strategic / long-term outlooks, feeling of contributing to something beyond financial returns, and potentially access to transfer internally to more operational or cross-functional roles if that appeals to you

 

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