Strategy& Deals Team to Private Equity

I'm a senior from a target school currently applying to Strategy&'s Deals Strategy team in NYC, which does M&A advisory work for PE firms (from what I understand, they do commercial due diligence and growth strategy projects). I am curious to know if the firm and group in particular have enough name recognition to help me pivot into PE after a few years on the job. I know Bain's PE group places well, doing the exact same work, but is that all based on the name of the company?

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Its not a question of brand, its a question of talent. The answer is you've got a tough but not impossible challenge to move to PE if you absolutely kill it at Strategy&

 

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