NEW YORK, August 5, 2026 – Proskauer has been ranked among leading law firms in Octus’ Direct Lending Legal Advisors league tables for H1 2026. The Firm ranked #1 in the U.S. Total Engagements | Lender category, and received top rankings across several other categories.
Proskauer’s H1 2026 Octus U.S. Direct Lending Legal Advisor rankings include:
- #1 Total Engagements | Lender
- #1 Debt Quantum | Overall Middle Market
- #1 Debt Quantum | Middle Market | Lender
- #1 M&A | Middle Market | Lender
- #2 Total Engagements
- #2 M&A | Total Engagements
In the European rankings, Proskauer was #3 in Total Engagements | Lender, #3 in Middle Market Overall, and #4 in Legal Advisors Overall.
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.