EXECUTION COPY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
TCW Direct Lending VII LLC

   The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Oladipo Ashiru, Beth
Clarke, Patrick Dennis, Kevin Finch, Eric Hausner, Harold H. Henderson,
Meredith Jackson, Steve King, Sean Plater and Lazarus N. Sun, and each
of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of them with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any or all reports and forms required under Section 16 of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including but not
limited to all Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 filings, and to file the same
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission"), granting
unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate
to be done with respect to such reports and forms or any amendments or
supplements thereto in and about the premises, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that any of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his
or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
   This Power of Attorney may be terminated at any time by the
undersigned by written notice to each of the attorneys-in-fact and the
Commission; provided, however, that such termination shall not affect
the validity of any lawful action done or performed by the attorneys-
in-fact or any of them, pursuant thereto, prior to the actual receipt
of notice by the attorneys-in-fact.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 17th day of October, 2017.


Signature:   /s/ Jess M. Ravich

Name:       Jess M. Ravich





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