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- Arrow Global Group PLC is a leading vertically integrated alternative asset manager specializing in private credit and real estate across Europe. Founded in 2005 by Zach Lewy, who serves as CEO and CIO, the company is headquartered in London with offices throughout Western Europe including Milan, Rome, Lisbon, Porto, Madrid, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Paris, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Dublin, Manchester, Leeds, and Jersey; it employs approximately 4,700 professionals and services around €125 billion in assets under management. Arrow Global delivers risk-adjusted returns for global institutional investors through proprietary sourcing, asset management, and servicing platforms focused on opportunistic credit, real estate lending, and related investments; core activities encompass acquiring and managing secured and unsecured non-performing loan portfolios, real estate asset-backed investments, development finance, non-performing loans, single name bankruptcy, corporate restructuring, bridge and agricultural lending, small business loans, hospitality opportunities, and servicing for third-party assets across fragmented European markets. The company operates specialist platforms such as Whitestar and Gesphone in Portugal, Capquest in the UK, Vesting in the Netherlands and Belgium, Amitra Capital and Elba Finance in Spain, Interboden and Ziegert Group assets in Germany, iQera Group in France, Norfin, Restart Capital, Viriato, and Details Hospitality in Portugal, Maslow Capital and Bergen Finance in the UK, Mica Real Estate in the Netherlands, and others including Arrow Professional Services for centralized support in legal, tax, finance, and operations. Recent developments include the acquisition of Amitra Capital from CPP Investments in 2024 establishing a strategic partnership and expanding Spanish operations, the purchase of Ziegert Group platform assets in Germany in 2025 to accelerate real estate growth following the 2024 Interboden acquisition, entry into France via iQera Group, the opening of a new office in the United Arab Emirates to deepen Middle East commitments, securing €4.2 billion in institutional commitments highlighted by the €1.5 billion final close of Arrow Lending Opportunities Fund I exceeding its €1 billion target with a $400 million allocation from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, winning 'Distressed Debt Manager of the Year' and 'Real Estate Debt Manager of the Year' at the 2025 Alternative Credit Investor Awards, and ongoing fundraising for European credit strategies amid over €14 billion invested across 20 years.