The Equipment Leasing and Financing Association sent a letter to the CFPB requesting that the recent injunction granted to the Texas Bankers Association and the American Bankers Association apply to all covered finance institutions.

Kort Industries is a Texas-based steel fabricator and industrial fabrication specialist providing steel structures to environmental and oil & gas companies in the state. They offer Fabrication Maintenance Services, Pressure Vessels, High Pressure Piping, Tank Repair and Industrial Coating; and turnkey fabrication solutions to help increase productivity and operating efficiency while reducing downtime and cost.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp., a unit of Europe’s leading bank BNP Paribas, today announced the appointment of Matt O’Connor as Head of its new Miami office as well as Annabella Espina the Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Gordon Brothers, the global advisory and investment firm, has been engaged on an exclusive basis to offer for sale by private treaty Tek-Ocean Spirit on behalf of Barry Wight and Daniel Juratowitch of Cor Cordis, the Administrators of Tek-Ocean Group Ltd.

Winston & Strawn is representing Nxu Inc., (NASDAQ: NXU), a vertically integrated technology company creating energy storage and charging solutions for the infrastructure we need to power our electrified future, in its announced pricing of a public offering of 16,666,667 units at a public offering price of $0.30 per unit.

Cambridge Savings Bank (CSB), a full-service mutual bank with a customer-first approach and over $6 billion in assets, today announced that it has provided $2.6 million in financing to support the acquisition and transition of ownership for White Wood Kitchens, the well-known kitchen and project management company in Cape Cod, MA, to former Information Technology leader, Anton Emelianov.

-Stellus Capital Management, LLC (“Stellus”) announced today that its affiliates provided senior debt financing and an equity co-investment in support of The Sterling Group’s (“Sterling”) formation of Compost360, a new platform focused on building a leading processor of organic waste material and producer of high quality, sustainable landscaping products.

International law firm Clifford Chance has advised US headquartered private equity firm MiddleGround Capital on its purchase of the UK-based automotive transmissions manufacturer and supplier Xtrac from Inflexion. MiddleGround Capital is an operationally focused private equity firm that invests in middle market B2B industrial and specialty distribution companies globally.

Expanding its commercial banking operations to provide bespoke and customized fund-level financing to alternative asset managers and the private capital industry, EverBank (temporarily doing business as TIAA Bank) today announced the launch of its new Fund Finance division under the leadership of industry veterans Jeff Johnston and Mike Mascia.

Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX), a world leader in innovative casual footwear for women, men, and children, today announced the repricing of the $1.18 billion outstanding under its Term Loan B facility through a refinancing amendment.

Unity Environmental University—a nonprofit, fully accredited institution with a main campus in New Gloucester—is offering for purchase its 225-acre, secondary teaching location at 90 Quaker Hill Rd. in Unity.

J D Factors provided $8,725,000 in new factoring facilities to 35 new clients in the US and Canada during the month of July.

White Oak Commercial Finance, LLC (“White Oak”), an affiliate of White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, (“WOGA”) provided a $20 million factoring facility (“Facility”) to a leading telecommunications company. The Facility will allow the company to continue its growth and its supplying of tablets and data to qualified consumers under the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).

Tradewind Finance is pleased to announce it has closed a USD 700,000 export factoring facility for a frozen seafood trader in Hong Kong. The funding has been used to finance the company's business operations and expansion plans, including their exports to buyers in the US and South America.

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. has recently received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas regarding a significant development in their ongoing bankruptcy proceedings. The court has given the green light to a “stalking horse” bid worth $105 million for the acquisition of Scilex Holding Company’s common stock, preferred stock, and warrants. The successful bidder in this case is Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Oxford Finance LLC (“Oxford”), a leading specialty firm that provides senior debt to life sciences and healthcare companies worldwide is pleased to announce that its Healthcare Real Estate Group closed a strong first half of 2023, providing total capital commitments of approximately $200 million in six transactions.

Hilco Global (www.hilcoglobal.com), a privately held diversified financial solutions firm, announced today that veteran Lazard banker David Kurtz, will join the firm, serving as Vice Chairman and Chief Strategic Officer. Mr. Kurtz will report to and work closely with Hilco Global Chief Executive Officer and Founder Jeffrey B. Hecktman.

Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA) and KKR today announced the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which KKR will acquire Simon & Schuster for $1.62 billion in an all-cash transaction.

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Joel V. Sestito, Of Counsel Rachel E. Mather, and Associate Olivia S. Ortiz have joined the firm’s nationally recognized Real Estate group in Chicago. Real estate finance pros, Joel, Rachel, and Olivia represent lenders in real estate and commercial loan transactions. The team joins from Akerman.

Monroe Capital LLC announced it acted as joint lead arranger on the funding of a senior credit facility to support the acquisition of MEI Rigging & Crating (“MEI”) by Olympus Partners.