Probably something about margin vs volume. One complicated transaction that could net a huge profit vs lots of smaller transactions that result in less overall

Probably something about margin vs volume. One complicated transaction that could net a huge profit vs lots of smaller transactions that result in less overall profit despite same cost. He'll ive seen legit businesses get burned on the same mindset. More than once. It's just in the legal transaction space, the risk shifts more towards 'delivering a crappy product' than, say, 'your employees get arrested' when you are forced to hit a deliverable.