Mizuho Acquisition Finance Division's Reputation on the street

I'm a rising sophomore in college, currently interning at a small private equity fund. For next summer, I'm trying to do IB and think Lev Fin and Financial Sponsors could be a good fit. I've been doing some research and it seems like the Acquisition Finance team at Mizuho covers both Leveraged Finance and Financial Sponsors, so I think it could be a great learning opportunity. However, there isn't much information on the web about this group other than the description of what they do.

I've searched around and could only find opinion's on Mizuho entire US IBD or info on other groups, like CFAS. So, I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on how the acquisition finance team is viewed by the street, whether its considered a good group, whether it has decent exit ops, etc.

Any information is very much appreciated.

 

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