When it comes to direct lending besides the deal size, how difference is the due diligence process, overall deal structure, wlb and size of teams? I would assume given that mm companies are riskier DD would be more tedious? Some of the mm DL firms that I started talking also run very lean, is this common or just normal across dl? Any color would be very appreciated especially more background on MM DL
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