2024 Sponsors

For over 17 years, our experienced team has pursued a focused strategy of originating senior loans for lower middle market companies. Our mission is to be a leading middle market direct lending firm with a singular objective of building valuable, long-term relationships with our investors, borrowers, private equity sponsors and management teams. Since inception in 2007, Deerpath has deployed over $10 billion of invested capital in more than 975 investments, across a broad range of industries and transaction types. Deerpath has direct origination and execution capabilities throughout the United States with origination offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, and Los Angeles. In addition, the Firm has offices in London, Seoul, Tokyo, and Australia to attentively support investors outside of the U.S. Our experienced and empowered team allows us to respond timely to equity owners and company management teams while simultaneously delivering consistent value to our investors. We maintain a long history of scaling our investment to match the borrower’s financing needs and working with private equity sponsors to nurture long-term growth. Deerpath’s mission is to be a leading middle market direct lending firm with a singular focus on building valuable long-term relationships with our investors, borrowers, equity sponsors and management teams.

DLA Piper is a leading global law firm with offices in over 40 countries across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. With a portfolio of services to match every stage of the business lifecycle, we combine practice area knowledge with modern industry insights and an expansive geographic footprint in a way that no other firm can. Our solutions are tailored and seamless – and ready to meet your toughest challenges.

At KBRA, we aim to establish a higher standard of excellence and integrity regarding credit ratings. Since launching our full-service rating agency in 2010, we have remained committed to restoring consumer confidence in credit ratings. From establishing new standards for risk evaluation to providing timely and transparent ratings, we are changing the credit rating landscape. Our team offers in-depth ratings and research for various industries within the United States, United Kingdom and Europe, giving all market participants an alternative credit rating solution. As a company, we value fresh perspectives and prioritize innovation and creativity rather than relying solely on conventional wisdom. We know collaboration is essential to our ability to provide investors with better products. Additionally, we work hard to make tools and solutions developed by the KBRA Analytics group easily accessible to aid in better market decisions.

For more than 115 years, Moody's Ratings has been a leading provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis helping businesses, governments, and other entities around the globe to anticipate, adapt and thrive in this era of exponential risk. www.moodys.com/web/en/us/solutions/ratings.html