Private Credit 2025

GERMANY Law and Practice Contributed by: Michael Josenhans, Lucas Lengersdorf and Karl Kuhn, Freshfields

8.3 Application of Insights Overall, we would expect an increase in private credit activity in the corporate field in the future. Borrowers should always keep private credit funding in mind when thinking about potential financing solutions, especially when complex transactions, flexible terms and a high execu - tion speed is required. With private credit lenders gaining more and more experience in the field of German corporates, it is likely that there will soon be even more activity in that space.

even family-owned enterprises. The German financing landscape benefits from two impor - tant aspects: • an ongoing surge of private credit lenders looking to expand their portfolios and scope, with German corporates offering an interest - ing field of activity; and • corporate borrowers increasingly looking for alternative financing solutions, with private credit funding providing many valuable advantages.

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