How long do typical deals last?

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Too long. I still have a sell-side going on that began July 2020

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It's that but a few additional things. There's more handholding involved with sell sides. Your helping them come up with the adjustments and in some cases cleaning things up prior to them going to market. For buy side that process has already happened. If a deal falls through on the buy side you're done and you won't see that company again. There's also a push on both sides to get a deal done prior to exclusivity expiring. For a sell side you start the process all over again if a deal falls apart.

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At a MM FDD firm here.. Buy side about 3 weeks give or take a week.

Sell side is a lot more variable, I had one take 11 months

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Depends… 2 weeks to a few months.

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Buy side a few weeks usually, sell side highly variable (with constant roll forwards lasting more than a year possible).

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