France Épargne Corporate
Five Arrows Direct Lending
The Direct Lending team of Five Arrows, the alternative investment business of Rothschild & Co, lends €25m to €125m per deal to European companies with an enterprise value between €50m and €750m. It finances family owned, entrepreneur led and investment fund backed companies through unitranche, mezzanine, PIK and preferred shares.
Criteria
Criteria published by the lender
- Instruments
- Unitranche, Senior debt, Mezzanine, Preferred equity
- Borrower ownership
- Sponsored or sponsorless deals
- Size bands
- Small cap (under €40m), Mid market (€40m to €200m)
- Accepted collateral
- Not published
- Sharia-compliant structures
- Not published
- Sectors
- healthcare, education, software, data, IT services, business services, financial services
- Exclusions
- Not published
- Lender website
- rothschildandco.com
Profile checked on 17 October 2026 against the sources listed at the bottom of the page.
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