Monroe Capital Chairman and CEO Ted Koenig Delivers Closing Remarks on Private Credit and Private Equity at “What’s the Deal with Deals?” in Chicago

Koenig discusses the middle-market transaction environment, capital availability and the private markets outlook.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) announced today that Theodore L. Koenig, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Monroe, delivered the featured closing remarks at What’s the Deal with Deals?, a premier Chicago event for professionals across the dealmaking and private markets community.

Koenig’s presentation, “The Outlook for Private Equity & Private Credit,” focused on the current middle-market transaction environment and the forces shaping private credit, private equity and capital markets in the year ahead.

During his remarks, Koenig addressed current deal activity, capital availability, financing conditions and the evolving opportunities and challenges facing private equity sponsors, lenders, investors and middle-market businesses.

“The private markets continue to evolve as investors, sponsors and management teams navigate changing capital conditions and a more selective transaction environment,” said Koenig. “It was a pleasure to share our perspective on where we are seeing opportunity across the middle market, how private credit continues to support borrowers and sponsors, and what market participants should be watching in the year ahead.”

The annual event, hosted by Ravinia Capital LLC, brought together investors, lenders, private equity professionals, investment bankers, attorneys and other deal professionals for a morning of market discussion, networking and perspectives on the evolving transaction environment. Koenig delivered the program’s featured closing presentation at approximately 11:30 a.m. at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 320 South Canal Street in Chicago.

Koenig’s appearance reflects Monroe’s continued engagement with the private markets community and the firm’s commitment to contributing informed perspectives on private credit, middle-market finance and the evolving capital markets environment.

About Theodore L. Koenig

Theodore L. Koenig is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Monroe Capital LLC, a Chicago-based premier asset management firm specializing in private credit markets, which he founded in 2004. Under his leadership, Monroe Capital has developed into a diversified asset management firm focused on private credit and other investment strategies serving institutional and sophisticated investors.

Prior to founding Monroe, Mr. Koenig was President and CEO of Hilco Capital LP, and earlier spent 13 years as a partner and co-chair of the Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Finance groups at the Chicago law firm Holleb & Coff. He has been widely recognized for his contributions to the private credit and secured finance industries, including the Association for Corporate Growth's Lifetime Achievement Award (2023), the SFNet Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award (2021), and recognition by Private Debt Investor as one of the "30 Top Changemakers" in private credit. In 2021, Mr. Koenig co-founded HOPE Chicago, a first-of-its-kind two-generation scholarship program that has provided college scholarship opportunities to more than 4,000 Chicago students and their parents. He is a graduate of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University (B.S., accounting, high honors) and Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., honors).

About Monroe Capital

Monroe Capital LLC is a premier asset management firm specializing in private credit markets across various strategies, including direct lending, technology finance, venture debt, alternative credit solutions, structured credit, real estate, and equity. Since 2004, the firm has been successfully providing capital solutions to clients in the U.S. and Canada. Monroe prides itself on being a value-added and user-friendly partner to business owners, management, and both private equity and independent sponsors. Monroe’s platform offers a wide variety of investment products for both institutional and high net worth investors with a focus on generating high quality “alpha” returns irrespective of business or economic cycles. The firm is headquartered in Chicago and has 14 locations throughout the United States, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Middle East.

Monroe has been recognized by both its peers and investors with various awards including GrowthCap Advisory’s 2025 Top Private Credit Firm List; Inc.’s 2025 Founder-Friendly Investors List; DealCatalyst as the 2025 Most Innovative Private Credit CLO Manager and Boutique Private Credit CLO Manager of the Year; Private Debt Investor as the 2025 CLO Manager of the Year, Americas; Global M&A Network as the 2025 Lower Mid-Markets Lender of the Year, U.S.A.; Korean Economic Daily as the 2025 Best Asset Manager of the Year, Private Debt Mid-Cap; Creditflux as the 2021 Best U.S. Direct Lending Fund; and Pension Bridge as the 2020 Private Credit Strategy of the Year. For more information and important disclaimers, please visit www.monroecap.com.