Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. is a specialty finance company and closed-end business development company that invests in senior secured loans to private equity-owned U.S. middle-market companies with $10–$250 million of EBITDA. The company generates returns through interest income on floating-rate, senior-in-the-capital-structure debt instruments, along with origination fees and portfolio monitoring services, while maintaining a diversified portfolio of approximately 90% first-lien and unitranche loans across 27+ industries. Externally managed by Churchill Asset Management, an affiliate of Nuveen, the company benefits from Churchill's relationships with over 750 middle-market private equity firms, its ability to source and evaluate over 1,000 investment opportunities annually, and access to Nuveen's substantial asset base and infrastructure, while using leverage to enhance returns for shareholders.