Investment Management

Private Credit

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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“The team is very strong and has a vast amount of experience and knowledge, as well as integrity in helping us form and move forward the fund in the right direction. Their ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters is very strong. There has not been a matter that they have not been able to answer a question or handle a situation for us.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“In the fund formation space, they are one of the best in the business.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“Incredibly knowledgeable on the marketplace”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“One of the best strengths of the team is how commercial they are.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“Their skill and effectiveness in structuring bespoke vehicles around novel, complex investment strategies is a strength.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“Their responsiveness and willingness and ability to engage with novel and complex vehicle structures sets their private funds practice apart from competing groups.”
Client, Legal 500 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“The team is very strong and has a vast amount of experience and knowledge, as well as integrity in helping us form and move forward the fund in the right direction. Their ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters is very strong. There has not been a matter that they have not been able to answer a question or handle a situation for us.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“In the fund formation space, they are one of the best in the business.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
An elevated park on tulip-shaped concrete supports rises from the Hudson River, covered in green trees and vines, with old wooden pilings in the water and a distant city skyline under a blue sky.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“Incredibly knowledgeable on the marketplace”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“One of the best strengths of the team is how commercial they are.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“Their skill and effectiveness in structuring bespoke vehicles around novel, complex investment strategies is a strength.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“Their responsiveness and willingness and ability to engage with novel and complex vehicle structures sets their private funds practice apart from competing groups.”
Client, Legal 500 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“The team is very strong and has a vast amount of experience and knowledge, as well as integrity in helping us form and move forward the fund in the right direction. Their ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters is very strong. There has not been a matter that they have not been able to answer a question or handle a situation for us.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“In the fund formation space, they are one of the best in the business.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
An elevated park on tulip-shaped concrete supports rises from the Hudson River, covered in green trees and vines, with old wooden pilings in the water and a distant city skyline under a blue sky.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“Incredibly knowledgeable on the marketplace”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“One of the best strengths of the team is how commercial they are.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“Their skill and effectiveness in structuring bespoke vehicles around novel, complex investment strategies is a strength.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“Their responsiveness and willingness and ability to engage with novel and complex vehicle structures sets their private funds practice apart from competing groups.”
Client, Legal 500 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“The team is very strong and has a vast amount of experience and knowledge, as well as integrity in helping us form and move forward the fund in the right direction. Their ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters is very strong. There has not been a matter that they have not been able to answer a question or handle a situation for us.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“In the fund formation space, they are one of the best in the business.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
An elevated park on tulip-shaped concrete supports rises from the Hudson River, covered in green trees and vines, with old wooden pilings in the water and a distant city skyline under a blue sky.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“Incredibly knowledgeable on the marketplace”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“One of the best strengths of the team is how commercial they are.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“Their skill and effectiveness in structuring bespoke vehicles around novel, complex investment strategies is a strength.”
Client, Chambers USA Guide 2025
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
“Their responsiveness and willingness and ability to engage with novel and complex vehicle structures sets their private funds practice apart from competing groups.”
Client, Legal 500 2025

Overview

Seward & Kissel’s Private Credit practice advises clients across the expanding private credit market.

We provide legal counsel on a range of strategies, including direct lending, distressed investments, special situations, rescue financing, specialty financing, fund financing, asset-based finance, structured finance, collateralized loan obligations, and venture debt.

Our clients include private credit funds, institutional and high net worth investors, family offices, portfolio companies, borrowers, and other market participants engaged in a broad range of transactions. These include senior secured and unsecured facilities, mezzanine and subordinated financings, unitranche loans, co-investments, asset-based loans, convertible debt financings, preferred equity, and other financing structures.

Our lawyers draw on experience across the firm’s investment funds, corporate finance, regulatory, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and bankruptcy, real estate, and tax practices to structure and negotiate private credit transactions.

We take an integrated approach, providing practical guidance on market terms, financing structures, and regulatory considerations. The practice has handled billions of dollars in credit transactions on behalf of investors, borrowers, sponsors, and arrangers across industries, including financial services, e-commerce, technology, healthcare, real estate, consumer products, manufacturing, infrastructure, energy, and transportation.

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