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Coming to general corporate roles in-house, that totally depends on your luck, if anything opens. If it is a well paid opening, GC or M&A guys would have an edge over you.
All in all if you need better hours and very less pay, exchanges are the way to go. A bit higher pay and decent hours - then inhouse counsel roles, but GC and M&A guys would be preferred. GREAT pay and shitty hours - IB is the way to go, but you need a grip over finance.
Ideal timeline is ASAP, the more you stay the more it is difficult to get out of this niche.
* Value the company to determine the price for the IPO
* Draft the business section
* Bring in the Institutional investors by doing roadshows
* Most importantly cordinate with all the intermediaries, to get the offer documents out and take the heat from SEBI.
For all of this they get a % based fee of the issue in most cases. A seasoned MD of a top Indian IB would anytime earn more than an EP.