--- eventsindex_id: EI-06714 slug: european-private-credit-conference-on-direct-lending title: European Private Credit Conference on Direct Lending title_alt: [] canonical_url: https://eventsindex.org/fiches/european-private-credit-conference-on-direct-lending.html next_edition_year: 2026 city: London country: United Kingdom organiser: ~ organiser_url: https://www.dealcatalyst.io/events/european-private-credit-conference-on-direct-lending b2b: true vector: sector: - private-capital audience: - LP-institutional - GP - placement-agent - service-provider format: - conference - summit purpose: - networking - deal-making geography_scope: - pan-EMEA meta_description: editorial_take: last_verified: '2026-05-06' language: en schema_version: v6.0 --- # European Private Credit Conference on Direct Lending > *The European Private Credit Conference on Direct Lending is a specialist annual forum dedicated to direct lending to the European middle market, now in its fourth edition. Approximately 400 attendees from direct lending funds, institutional investors, investment banks, and advisors gather in London ...* --- ## Quick Facts | VENUE | ORGANISER | ATTENDANCE | |---|---|---| | **London** | **~** | **400** | | United Kingdom | https://www.dealcatalyst.io/events/european-private-credit-conference-on-direct-lending | delegates | --- The European Private Credit Conference on Direct Lending is a specialist annual forum dedicated to direct lending to the European middle market, now in its fourth edition. Approximately 400 attendees from direct lending funds, institutional investors, investment banks, and advisors gather in London to examine the credit market conditions, origination dynamics, and regulatory environment shaping European direct lending. Direct lending to European middle market companies has emerged as one of the most significant growth areas in institutional private credit, displacing significant volumes of bank lending over the past decade. The conference addresses the practical and strategic dimensions of this transition: deal flow origination, credit selection and monitoring, documentation standards, co-lending structures, and the competitive dynamics between direct lenders and leveraged loan markets. London anchors the conference as the primary hub for European credit fund management and institutional credit allocation. The event's specialist focus distinguishes it from generalist private credit gatherings, attracting professionals whose primary activity is direct lending origination, underwriting, and portfolio management rather than the broader private debt universe.