Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, announced today that Sherman Guillema has joined the firm’s Financial Sponsors Group as a Managing Director. Mr. Guillema is based in Dallas and will further strengthen the firm’s coverage efforts for financial sponsors across the Southern United States.

Blue Owl Capital Co-Chief Executive Marc Lipschultz sought to reassure investors that recent bankruptcies tied to borrowings are idiosyncratic and stem from suspected fraud that hasn’t affected his credit-focused operation.

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cadence Bank, a $53 billion regional bank headquartered in Houston, Texas and Tupelo, Mississippi.

For more than two decades, Dykema’s Annual M&A Outlook Survey has tracked the pulse of U.S. dealmaking. The firm’s 2025 survey, with responses from 216 executives, bankers, private equity leaders, and advisors, reveals cautious optimism as dealmakers prepare to navigate economic uncertainty, tariffs, and valuation gaps.

​A leading, full-service firm, focused on fabrication and electrical services for the energy infrastructure and power generation industrial sectors, needed a flexible revolving line of credit to finance their large-scale projects, particularly within the midstream oil & gas and power generation segments.

Jones Day represented Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., a leading North America-based steel producer with a focus on value-added sheet products, particularly for the automotive industry, in connection with an underwritten public offering of 75,000,000 of its common shares, resulting in net proceeds of $951 million.

Celtic Capital Corporation today announced its most recent new client relationship – a Pacific Northwest general contracting company that delivers cutting-edge design, engineering, and turnkey solutions in the food processing and agriculture sectors.

ABLSoft, a premier provider of commercial lending solutions for banks and specialty lenders, proudly announces ABLSoft Supercharged, a strategic initiative that accelerates technology-led innovation, broadens supported deal structures, and elevates customer experience for asset-based lending, factoring and other secured lending solutions.

Flow Traders Ltd. (the “Company”), a leading global trading firm providing liquidity in multiple asset classes across all major exchanges, announced today that it has closed on a $200 million private credit facility (PCF) and a $75 million revolving credit facility (RCF), co-led by leading global asset managers Benefit Street Partners and Stone Point Credit.

Firmex, a global leader in virtual data rooms, has published its Q2 2025 Focus report, providing timely insights into advisory firm performance, business development strategies, and revenue planning across North America and Europe.

America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRMT) (“Car-Mart” or the “Company”) today announced the closing of a new five-year, $300 million funded term loan facility provided by funds managed by Silver Point Capital, L.P.

In an assignment for the benefit of creditors, Tiger Group today announced a major two-day online auction (Nov. 12-13) of assets from sodium-ion battery manufacturer Natron Energy.

TAB Bank closed a $30 million asset-based lending (ABL) facility with Artur Express, a nationwide transportation and logistics company based in Missouri. TAB Bank provided $15 million in funding for the facility, with an additional $15 million through participations.

Flatiron Energy ("Flatiron" or the “Company”) announced today that it has closed on an expansion of its existing $125 million credit facility closed in 2024 (“Credit Facility”) with certain funds and accounts managed by HPS Investment Partners (“HPS”), bringing the total facility size to $250 million.

Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) (“Corus” or the “Company”) announced today that it has completed an agreement to amend (the “Amendment”) its Eighth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as last amended and restated on March 21, 2025 (the “Credit Facility”).

First Citizens Bank today announced that its Healthcare Finance business provided $338 million in financing to affiliates of Autumn Lake Healthcare for the acquisition of a real estate portfolio totaling 12 Maryland skilled nursing facilities including over 1500 beds.

CIBC Innovation Banking announced today that it has provided growth financing to support zLinq, a leading provider of telecommunications lifecycle management solutions to enterprise clients.

Alterra IOS (“Alterra”), a prominent player in the industrial outdoor storage (“IOS”) sector that has acquired over 400 sites nationwide, today announced the successful close of a $150 million loan facility from funds managed by Blue Owl Capital Inc. (“Blue Owl”) (NYSE: OWL).

National Resilience (“Resilience”), a technology-focused biomanufacturing company dedicated to broadening access to complex medicines, today announced long-term debt financing of up to $825 million from Oak Hill Advisors (“OHA”) to strengthen its balance sheet and fuel its growth plans.

SSG Capital Advisors, LLC (“SSG”) served as the investment banker to Hometeam Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Vesta Healthcare (“Vesta” or the “Company”) in the sale of its clinical services business to an affiliate of Essen Health Care (“Essen”). The transaction closed in October 2025.