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BOOK YOUR DELEGATE PLACE TODAY AND RECEIVE A 100% DISCOUNT CODE FOR A COLLEAGUE OR CLIENT.  OFFER ENDS FRIDAY OCTOBER 9.


The 2026 LSEG LPC Large Corporate Leveraged & Middle Market Loans Conference will take place in New York City on Thursday October 29, 2026 and, until 6pm EDT on Friday October 9, you have the opportunity to register a second delegate for free.

Secure your full-access delegate place by this deadline and we will send you a code for a 100% discount that you can use to register a friend, colleague or client.  The deadline to use this code is a week later, on Friday October 16.

Join 250 delegates - including investors, borrowers, bankers and legal advisors - for a day filled with insightful discussions on the most important issues facing the loan market.

Now in its 32nd year, this must-attend, full-day conference will comprise nine in-depth sessions providing actionable insights from over 35 of the industry's most respected thought leaders as they discuss Private Credit and Syndicated Lending across the Large Corporate and Middle Market segments.


  Agenda (with confirmed speakers to date):  

08:00   Registration

08:40   Syndicated Leveraged Loans and Direct Lending: Market Trends and Outlook

  • CJ Doherty - Director, Market Analysis, LSEG LPC

09:15   Private Credit vs. BSL:  Interplay, competition and market dynamics. New capital structure coexistence rooted in blending of leveraged loans, bonds and private credit.  Sponsored by DLA Piper.

  • Alan Rockwell - Partner, DLA Piper (moderator)
  • Jackson Merchant - Managing Director, Leveraged Debt Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank
  • Dan Dirscherl - Managing Director, Leveraged Debt Capital Markets, Ares Credit Group
  • Aashish Dhakhad - Head of Private Credit Origination, North America, Citi
  • Matt Teichner - Managing Director, Head of Credit Opportunities, Golub Capital

10:00   Navigating (di)stress in the software sector.  Sponsored by Ropes & Gray.

  • Eliza Hollander - Partner, Ropes & Gray (co-moderator)
  • Allison Liff - Partner, Ropes & Gray (co-moderator)
  • Scott Meyerson - Managing Director, Restructuring & Liability Management Group, Lazard
  • Anne Russ - Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets, STG

10:45   Morning Break

11:15   The view from the top: observations from the large syndicated loan market.  Sponsored by Latham & Watkins.

  • Alfred Xue - Partner & Global Vice Chair, Banking & Private Credit Practice, Latham & Watkins (moderator)
  • Kirk Jones - Co-Head, Leveraged Finance Capital Markets, Citi
  • Mark Pepe - Global Co-Head, Leveraged Finance & Capital Markets, RBC
  • Ned Sullivan - Vice President, Capital Markets, Thoma Bravo
  • Erin Cunningham - Managing Director, Leveraged Finance, Goldman Sachs

12:00   Private credit perspectives and deal terms.  Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis.

  • HT Flanagan - Partner, Kirkland & Ellis (moderator)
  • Vadym Budilovskyy - Director, Stone Point
  • Mac Maynard - Managing Director, Fortress

12:45   Lunch

13:30   NEW SESSION ADDED!  Liability Management.  A fireside chat, sponsored by Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

  • Eugene Y Park - Partner, Strategic Capital and Restructuring, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

14:00   Hybrid capital market trends.  Sponsored by Davis Polk.

  • Zachary R. Frimet - Partner, Finance, Davis Polk (moderator)
  • Elizabeth Warner - Managing Director, Ares Credit Group
  • Munesh Advani - Managing Director, Apollo
  • Kevin Meyer - Managing Director, Head of Origination and Capital Markets, Churchill Asset Management

14:45   Fund finance: what leveraged finance needs to know.  Sponsored by Weil.

  • Danek Freeman - Partner, Weil
  • Nick Nikic - Partner, Weil
  • Max Mickiewicz - Capital Markets Advisor, Altas Partners
  • Kwesi Larbi-Siaw - Partner, Davis Polk

15:30   Afternoon Break

15:45   Middle market private credit: navigating a market at an inflection point.  Sponsored by Fried Frank.

  • Caroline Sandberg - Partner, Fried Frank (moderator)
  • Gene Kolodin - Managing Partner, Credit, KKR
  • Alyssa Roland - Co-Founder and Managing Director, Brinley Partners

16:30   US economic outlook

  • Marc P. Giannoni - Managing Director and Chief US Economist, Barclays

17:15   Drinks reception

19:00   Close


  Each full-day delegate booking provides:  

  • Access to each of the conference's nine sessions
  • Continental buffet breakfast
  • Networking buffet lunch
  • Further networking opportunities during the morning and afternoon coffee breaks
  • Access to the post-conference drinks reception

And we are offering every paying delegate the opportunity to bring a colleague or client completely free of charge. All you need to do is book your full-day delegate place here by 6pm EDT on Friday October 9 and we will send you a code for a 100% discount for a second place. You have until 6pm on Friday October 16 to use that discount code.


  Event Details  


Date: Thursday October 29 2026

Timings: 08:00 - 17:00 plus Drinks Reception

Location: Convene, 360 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017

Format: Full-day, in-person conference - including buffet breakfast, lunch and drinks reception

Price: $595 for full access + register a colleague or client for FREE.  Secure your place here.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS CLOSED TO EXTERNAL PRESS.
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Sponsorship opportunities

There are a limited number of sponsorship packages available for companies looking to promote their brand to the most senior and influential professionals in the market. For more information, contact Leonie Welss.