The European leveraged finance team advised on more than 25 European leveraged finance transactions for a broad range of clients in H1 2026

Davis Polk’s European leveraged finance practice advised on over $23 billion of leveraged finance transactions in the first half of 2026, of which $11 billion were European-only executions, across more than 25 transactions for a broad range of clients, including leading private credit investors, financial institutions and private equity funds.

Our work included over $17 billion in broadly syndicated transactions and over $6 billion in private credit transactions. 

Davis Polk’s London leveraged finance practice includes partners Nick Benham, Luke McDougall and Aaron Ferner, counsel Phil Anscombe, Joshua Bunn, Ludovico Giannotti, Charlotte Rice and Michael Taufner, and associates Claudia Herron, Lebo Latakgomo, Megha Mehrotra, Kwasi Mills-Bampoe, Alexander Wright, Andrew Young and Zoe Zimmermann. 

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