Ares Management

Ares Management is a $527 billion (as of December 31, 2024) global alternative asset manager listed on the NYSE, with ~$81 billion dedicated to European credit alone (as of December 31, 2024), with our most recent European Direct Lending fund, ACE VI, having closed over €15 billion of LP commitments to-date, surpassing our target of €15 billion of LP commitments. The Ares European Direct Lending Group has the ability to invest over €1.0 billion across the capital structure, be it in senior, unitranche or subordinated instruments. Our Direct Lending business has been leading and arranging leveraged transactions globally since the early 2000’s and in the European leveraged mid-market since 2007, where we have completed 388 transactions, investing ~€73 billion to date (as of December 31, 2024). In the 12 months to December 31, 2024, Ares’ European Direct Lending Group completed 35 new transactions with 29 different financial sponsors and made total commitments of approximately €10.4 billion.