Ranking tables

Private Credit | USA

USA - Nationwide

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Band 1

  1. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
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    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
    Private Credit
    2024 | Band 1 | 1 Years Ranked
    Davis 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.
  2. Latham & Watkins LLP
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    Latham & Watkins LLP
    Private Credit
    2024 | Band 1 | 1 Years Ranked
    Latham & Watkins has attained a reputation for excellence for its private debt and direct lending practice, with clients often turning to its lawyers for their most complex and sophisticated lending transactions. The firm offers expertise across the full range of financing matters, including midmarket and large-cap transactions.
  3. Paul Hastings LLP
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    Paul Hastings LLP
    Private Credit
    2024 | Band 1 | 1 Years Ranked
    Paul 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.
  4. Proskauer Rose LLP
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    Proskauer Rose LLP
    Private Credit
    2024 | Band 1 | 1 Years Ranked
    Proskauer 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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Band 2

  1. Akin
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    Akin
    Private Credit
    2024 | Band 2 | 1 Years Ranked
    Akin'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. Alston & Bird LLP
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    Alston & Bird LLP
    Private Credit
    2024 | Band 2 | 1 Years Ranked
    Alston & Bird is particularly well versed in middle-market lending transactions, acting for individual lenders and syndicates in complex financing structures. It offers high-quality resources in its Atlanta headquarters, alongside a number of debt finance experts in New York and Dallas.
  3. King & Spalding LLP
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    King & Spalding LLP
    Private Credit
    2024 | Band 2 | 1 Years Ranked
    King & 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.