Annual PitchBook awards recognize leading firms, lenders, and service providers across the private and public capital markets
PitchBook, the premiere data provider for the private and public equity markets, today announced the winners of the 2024 PitchBook Lending League Table Awards. These rankings, part of PitchBook’s larger annual awards program, showcase the most active lenders in private equity based on a variety of criteria, including geography, deal and debt type, sectors and more. The most active law firms in US PE debt deals are also recognized.
PitchBook’s Global League Table Awards program highlights market-leading firms, lenders, and service providers who shape the direction of both private and public capital markets. Backed by the industry’s most comprehensive data and research across asset classes, geographies, sectors, strategies, and segments, PitchBook’s rankings deliver a well-informed, unparalleled view of the market landscape. Market participants leverage PitchBook’s League Tables to showcase performance, identify potential partners, and understand competitors and industry disrupters.
“We are proud to recognize the achievements of the 2024 PitchBook Lending League Table Awards winners,” said Rod Diefendorf, President & Chief Operating Officer of PitchBook. “PitchBook sets the standard for excellence when it comes to capital market data, research and insights, and our League Tables Awards are no exception. For years, PitchBook’s League Tables have been a go-to resource for private and public market participants to understand the competitive landscape and uncover market leaders. The firms that ranked on our League Tables represent the movers and shakers shaping the industry.”
In addition to the Lending League Table Awards announced today, PitchBook recognized the most active firms and service providers operating globally and in US and Europe markets as part of its 2024 Global League Table Awards on March 4 and will recognize leading fund managers from the 2024 Global Manager Performance Score League Table Awards on July 29. More information on PitchBook League Table Award methodology can be found below.
See the winners of the 2024 Lending League Table Awards below and view the full list of top ranked firms and service providers for each category here.
Most Active Lender in US
Most Active Lender in Europe
Most Active Law Firm in US PE Debt Deals
Most Active Lender in US Buyouts
Most Active Lender in US Secondary Buyouts
Most Active Lender in US Add-Ons
Most Active Lender to US PE Companies in General Debt
Most Active Lender to US PE Companies in Senior Debt
Most Active Lender to US PE Companies in Revolvers
Most Active Lender in Business Products and Services
Most Active Lender in Energy
Most Active Lender in Healthcare
Most Active Lender in Consumer Products and Services
Most Active Lender in Financial Services
Most Active Lender in Information Technology
Most Active Lender in Material Resources
Most Active Lender in US Buyouts, Select Roles
Most Active Lender in US Secondary Buyouts, Select Roles
Most Active Lender in US Add-Ons, Select Roles
For more information on the awards, winners and 2025 award submissions, please visit here.
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PitchBook League Table Awards Methodology
Global League Tables and Lending League Tables: PitchBook’s Global League Tables highlight the most active firms and service providers involved in PE, VC, and M&A transactions. Only publicly disclosed transactions are included.
In the PE Lending League Tables, the scope is restricted to lending to Europe and US-headquartered companies in PE transactions and transactions involving PE or formerly PE-backed companies only. In addition, we utilized current financing statuses to help define the scope, restricting all relevant businesses to status tags of PE-backed, PE-backed with an incomplete transaction, and formerly PE-backed.
All league tables are compiled using the count of completed deals for the specified deal type, region and/or other criteria. For the geographical breakouts, all relevant deal types are included in the underlying deals. When specific deal types are broken out in rankings, that is the only exception to all deal types being included and forming the basis of the rankings. Unless otherwise noted, all eligible deals align with existing PitchBook report methodologies, which can be found here.
Global Manager Performance Score League Tables: Leveraging track record data on thousands of private funds in the PitchBook Platform and our latest Benchmarks data, we rank the historical performance of each manager’s family of funds across vintage years relative to each fund family’s peer groups. More detail on the methodologies used to calculate the Performance Scores can be found here.
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PitchBook’s Global League Table Awards program highlights market-leading firms, lenders, and service providers who shape the direction of both private and public capital markets.
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