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This would be for Chicago but have heard geo doesn't really matter as all the juniors are staffed across offices. Do you have any views as to the quality of the seat?Personally have always felt this strategy (lower quality business, lower leverage, tighter docs, etc.) was good in theory but have also seen a lot of funds screw it up.

 

Correct to the cross staffing across the associates (I was just curious). Yes their strategy focuses on hairy / cyclical credits but don’t forget they share restructuring resources with the public HF so if shit hits the fan, they are better suited for restructuring and taking control of the business and exiting in a few years. I think it’s a good seat versus doing plain vanilla $1bn unis for KKR 50% LTV LBOs

 

Wondering what was your process and did you go through the final case study? I am in the mid of the process now but I agreed with you and would say they are super technical focused

 

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