Hi all, I recently started in PE and was wondering what typical deal flow looked like at different firms. My first couple weeks have been pretty busy (3+ CIMs per week on top of portfolio company work) and was wondering if this has been the case for others as well.
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At my LMM firm we have seen an uptick in deals come across the desk since about June. Deal flow was dead from about March until June, and then every company that was still solid enough to be sold has started up the process again.
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