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I would be very grateful for some insight into how CapMarks, PE&VC and/or any other practice areas might be helpful in pursuing this. I understand the grind, and monotony, and clerical nature of work at lower levels etc., so looking for something more insightful than 'bro you won't have time, your mind will become mush, etc' - assume that's an externality I'll have to manage anyway.
Core finance and law has almost zero overlap.
If you want a career in finance, transition. Think about a cfa /mba and transition to finance.
Maybe the CFA will be a better option for you since lvl 1 starts from basics and you can opt for online classes.
Doing an analyst job only gets you to the financial drudgery of the same shit that gets done by CM teams. The same documents and papers, but more excel sheets. More numbers. This isn't tech, it's pure paper pushing, and mindless stuff that a CGI can easily operate. Its not fun, not interesting. 99% of the people want to shift to PE.
Coming to M&A Execution in IB. No, not different. You create pitch decks, which are templated presentations. You don't learn anything. It's the same shit. People leave, all of them. It's a glorified sales job, which will surely be irrelevant in a few years as more PEFs and HFs are running in house research and sales. Even a VP at such a firm is doing the same paper work. You are just another paper pusher.
If you want to learn the financial markets, you must read books. Do courses, ofcourse, the CFA helps. Not the work. You don't even need this knowledge for the work in IB.