The destination of choice for private credit.
Davis Polk is a leader in private credit, providing bespoke credit solutions and financing strategies for the most active private capital providers and borrowers.
Investors, lenders and borrowers all rely on our sophisticated legal counsel, regulatory insights and relationships with key industry players to navigate the evolving complexities of private credit markets. Our lawyers have been at the forefront of private credit since its inception in the early 1980s, pioneering and leading unique and hybrid, first-in-kind transactions, market terms, fund structures and credit products.
Institutional clients including private equity funds, hedge funds, investment managers, BDCs and CLOs look to us for strategic, innovative legal counsel across the full financing spectrum and investment life cycle. Our extensive capabilities offer clients a comprehensive market perspective and seamless, full-service, support across the private credit landscape.
Our large multidisciplinary team of lawyers integrate their vast experience and areas of focus in finance, direct lending, hybrid and structured capital, structured finance and securitization, capital markets, investment management, financial institutions, tax, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and liability management and special opportunities.
We are proud to be one of only four firms in the United States ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA for private credit.
By the numbers
Featured experience
Clearlake $5.5 billion Dun & Bradstreet acquisition financing
Finastra Group $5.32 billion refinancing
Antares Capital completes $6 billion fundraise for Antares Senior Loan Fund II
MultiPlan $4.5 billion debt exchange
Highlight
“The team is strong, from senior partners down to new associates. They are next to none in their understanding of the market.”
— A private credit client quoted by Chambers USA
