Ranking tables
Private Credit | Global
USA
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
- Alfred Xue Latham & Watkins LLP2 Years Ranked
- Daniel Seale Latham & Watkins LLP14 Years Ranked
Gary Creem Proskauer Rose LLP1 Years Ranked
Jason Kyrwood Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP12 Years Ranked
Jennifer Daly Paul Hastings LLP3 Years Ranked
Jennifer St. John Yount Paul Hastings LLP6 Years Ranked
Justin Breen Proskauer Rose LLP4 Years Ranked
Nicholas A Palumbo Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP3 Years Ranked- Stelios Saffos Latham & Watkins LLP4 Years Ranked
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPPrivate Credit2025 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedDavis Polk & Wardwell is considered a destination of choice for transactional work in the private credit space. The firm acts for an enviable array of major investment firms on lender-side work, drawing from a sizable pool of expert practitioners with a strong pedigree in complex financing matters.1 
1 Paul Hastings LLPPrivate Credit2025 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedPaul Hastings is widely considered one of the market's leading choices for sophisticated, high-end direct lending matters. Its impressively experienced team regularly assists a number of household name investor clients on lending matters, ranging from middle-market transactions to syndicated, international financings.
1 Proskauer Rose LLPPrivate Credit2025 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedProskauer Rose is a recognized force in private credit work, with clients benefiting from the firm's long history and strong pedigree in direct lending transactions. The firm advises across the full gamut of financing matters for an enviable array of the planet's leading lenders and asset managers.
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2 AkinPrivate Credit2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedAkin's team is held in high regard for its special situations expertise, with lender-side clients profiting from the firm's deep resources and institutional knowledge of bet-the-company bankruptcy and insolvency matters. The firm also frequently advises in traditional private credit work, acting for private equity firms, institutional investors, family offices and wider private debt funds.
2 King & Spalding LLPPrivate Credit2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedKing & Spalding draws from a considerably deep bench of lending experts nationwide and internationally to advise lenders on private credit work. The firm regularly advises a broad spectrum of major sponsor clients and institutional investors on high-end and middle-market lending transactions.