Submissions open for third European Direct Lending Awards

By Robin Armitage

Monday, March 11, 2024

Following the success of the 2023 Debtwire Direct Lending Awards dinner, the awards are making a return in 2024. Once again we will be to highlighting the achievements of the market over the last year, with a gala dinner following the Debtwire Private Credit Forum Europe held at The Dorchester in London on 23 May 2024. More information about the event can be found here.

Debtwire’s Direct Lending Awards will recognise the best performing direct lending deals, funds and managers across the region, as well as People’s Choice Awards for the best overall European fund managers of the year.

European direct lending funds can enter the large-cap, mid-market and small-cap direct lending fund of the year award categories by filling in the entry form here and sending it to robin.armitage@iongroup.com. The deadline for this closes on Thursday 21^st March 2024.

The regional awards will be selected through analysis of the Debtwire European Direct Lender Rankings to determine the most prolific managers in their respective regions, whilst the People’s Choice awards will see a shortlist drawn up from the rankings. These shortlisted candidates are then invited to provide their submissions to be decided upon by our expert panel of judges.

Please find the full list of categories below:

Awards Categories
European large-cap direct lending manager of the year - People's Choice Award
European mid-market direct lending manager of the year - People's Choice Award
European small-cap direct lending manager of the year - People's Choice Award
ESG direct lending manager of the year
Nordic direct lending manager of the year
France direct lending manager of the year
DACH & Poland direct lending manager of the year
UK & Ireland direct lending manager of the year
Italy direct lending manager of the year
Iberia direct lending manager of the year
Benelux direct lending manager of the year
European large-cap direct lending fund of the year
European mid-market direct lending fund of the year
European small-cap direct lending fund of the year
Direct lending deal of the year - Large-cap
Direct lending deal of the year - Mid-market
Direct lending deal of the year - Small-cap
Senior debt provider of the year
Junior debt provider of the year