NEW YORK, August 18, 2026 – Proskauer has been ranked among leading law firms in 9fin’s Private Credit Law Firm League Tables for H1 2026. The Firm ranked first in the following categories:
- #1 in the U.S. & Europe Lender Counsel
- #1 in U.S. Lender Counsel
Proskauer’s H1 2026 9fin rankings reinforce the Firm’s position as a leading lender counsel in private credit. With the #1 ranking for Lender Counsel across the U.S. and Europe, as well as the #1 ranking for U.S. Lender Counsel, the results reflect the strength, scale, and breadth of Proskauer’s lender-side private credit practice across key global markets.
9fin is the AI-native intelligence platform for the global debt markets. It combines real-time news, comprehensive data, advanced analytics, and trusted AI to give credit teams complete visibility across public, private, and distressed debt.
Proskauer’s top rankings follow the Firm’s recent #1 rankings in Octus’ U.S. Direct Lending Legal Advisors league tables for H1 2026, where Proskauer ranked first in four categories:
- #1 Total Engagements | Lender
- #1 Debt Quantum | Overall Middle Market
- #1 Debt Quantum | Middle Market | Lender
- #1 M&A | Middle Market | Lender
Octus is a financial technology and data company that provides market intelligence, proprietary data, and workflow tools for the global corporate credit markets.
Taken together, the 9fin and Octus results underscore Proskauer’s market-leading position as lender counsel and the depth of the Firm’s private credit capabilities.
About Proskauer
Proskauer is an elite global law firm with more than 900 lawyers in key financial centers in the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia. Our clients include many of the world’s leading businesses, including asset managers, banks, listed corporations, and private companies. We have deep expertise in several of the fastest-growing and dynamic segments of the market, including sports, technology, life sciences, and health care. We represent hundreds of asset managers across a wide spectrum of sectors and strategies, including private equity, private credit, hedge, real assets, secondaries, and capital solutions.
Proskauer’s Private Credit & Leveraged Finance Group is made up of more than 120 cross-disciplinary finance and restructuring lawyers dedicated exclusively to representing lenders across the private credit, syndicated leveraged finance, and high-yield markets. We advise credit funds, business development companies, banks, and other institutional lenders on “clubbed” and syndicated credits, preferred equity, special situations, and alternative investments. In 2025 alone, we closed more than 450 deals with an aggregate value exceeding $123 billion.