France Épargne Corporate
Structured finance and private credit for companies
France Épargne Corporate connects companies seeking to finance €20m or more with the private debt funds whose ticket size, instruments and sectors match their case. Requests cover private credit, structured finance, acquisition finance, refinancing and asset finance.
Private debt in France in 2025
- €15.9bn
- invested by private debt funds in France in 2025 (379 transactions)
- €43m
- average size of a corporate debt transaction in 2025
- 42%
- share of refinancings in the amounts invested in companies in 2025 (23% in 2024)
Financing
Types of financing
Structured finance
Syndicated loans, club deals, unitranche, Euro PP, asset finance.
Structured financeNon-bank financing
Private credit, private placements, factoring, asset-based lending, sale and leaseback.
Non-bank financing
Situations
Financing situations
Refinancing
Extending maturities, exiting a bank syndicate, repaying a PGE (French state-guaranteed loan), moving from a senior and mezzanine structure to a unitranche.
RefinancingAcquisition
Senior, unitranche or mezzanine acquisition debt for external growth or a buy-and-build strategy.
Acquisition financeLBO, OBO and MBO
Senior debt, unitranche, mezzanine and PIK tranches for a primary or secondary LBO, an OBO or an MBO.
LBO financingGrowth and investment
Capex lines and acquisition lines for a multi-year investment programme.
Asset finance
Asset-based lending, receivables financing, inventory financing, real estate sale and leaseback.
Special situations
Bank refusal, covenant breach, bridge financing ahead of a sale, debt restructuring.
Special situations
Data
Lenders and transactions
Lender database
The private debt funds and non-bank lenders that finance French companies, with the ticket sizes, minimum EBITDA, instruments and countries covered that each one publishes.
Lender databaseDeal database
The private debt financings of French companies announced since 2025, with the borrower, the purpose, the amount, the instruments and the lenders named in the press release.
Deal database
Instruments
Debt instruments and the lenders that provide them
Bank debt
Banks and bank syndicates, institutional investors
Asset finance
Asset-based lenders, factoring companies, leasing companies
Questions
Frequently asked questions
- From what amount can a company request an introduction?
- France Épargne Corporate introduces companies whose financing need reaches €20m or more to private debt funds.
- How much did private debt funds invest in France in 2025?
- Private debt funds completed 379 transactions in France in 2025 for €15.9bn. The 2024 total was €12.8bn across 317 transactions.
- What is the average size of a corporate private debt transaction in France?
- The average size of a corporate debt transaction reached €43m in 2025.
- What share of private debt amounts finances refinancing?
- Refinancings accounted for 42% of the amounts invested in companies in 2025. Their share was 23% in 2024.
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