Briar Capital Real Estate Fund recently closed a $8.95MM real estate loan for a family-owned OEM of drivetrain and powertrain assemblies in Michigan. Briar Capital’s real estate loan was closed in conjunction with a total debt and operational restructuring organized by a National Turnaround Consulting Firm.

Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ORN) (the "Company"), a leading specialty construction company, today announced the closing of a new 3-year $103 million senior secured asset based credit facility with White Oak ABL, LLC and White Oak Commercial Finance, LLC, which are the asset based lending affiliates of White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, (collectively, “White Oak”).

Portage Point Partners, LLC (Portage Point), an elite boutique advisory, consulting, interim management and financial services firm, announced today that Robin Chiu has joined the firm as Managing Director.

Stellus Capital Management, LLC (“Stellus”) announced today that its affiliates acted as administrative agent and provided senior debt financing and an equity co-investment in support of Eagle Merchant Partners’ (“Eagle Merchant”) acquisition of Impact Home Services, LLC (“Impact” or the “Company”), an independent owner and operator of franchises within Neighborly, the world’s largest home services company.

Citizens announced that it provided an asset-backed credit facility to the Belknap White Group to refinance existing debt, provide funds to acquire the assets of Swiff-Train Corporation and support future growth. The new facility consolidates two separate facilities provided by Citizens. Citizens acted as joint lead arranger.

Aurous completed all UCC, tax, lien, and background checks and due diligence procedures within two days. Additionally Aurous negotiated an intercreditor agreement with a new factor, within the same timeline. Contracts were issued Thursday. Funding was released Thursday evening.

The fintech company that provides custom co-branded credit card products also received angel investment from The Points Guy founder, Brian Kelly.

B. Riley Securities, Inc. ("B. Riley"), a leading middle market investment bank, is pleased to have served as exclusive financial advisor to NextNav, Inc. (Nasdaq: NN) in connection with its recently completed $50 million debt financing through a private offering of senior secured first lien notes to a group of lenders including Whitebox Advisors LLC, Susquehanna International Group, and Clutterbuck Capital Management.

Great Elm Group, Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” or “GEG”) (NASDAQ: GEG), an alternative asset manager, announced today that Brent Pearson resigned as Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors unanimously appointed Keri Davis as CFO effective immediately.

Mitsubishi HC Capital America, the largest non-bank, non-captive finance provider in North America, is expanding the depth and scope of its commercial finance solutions to fully encompass both the front and back end of the enterprise value chain.

Castlelake, L.P. ("Castlelake"), a global alternative investment manager with 17 years of experience investing in asset-rich opportunities today announced that Castlelake, together with a co-investor and minority partner Eltura Capital Management, has reached an agreement to purchase up to $4 billion of consumer installment loans from Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST), an artificial intelligence (AI) lending marketplace.

FGI Worldwide LLC (www.FGIWW.com) has announced the hiring of Paul Bower as Director, FGI Technology. Based in London, Mr. Bower will focus on expanding FGI’s proprietary credit insurance monitoring software, T.R.U.S.T.™, throughout the UK and Europe.

Comvest Credit Partners (“Comvest”), a leading provider of flexible direct financing solutions to middle-market companies, is pleased to announce that it is acting as Administrative Agent and Sole Lender on a $220 million senior secured credit facility (the “Financing”) to Above Lending (the “Company”), a Houston-based national provider of consumer loans.

Cascadia Capital, one of the nation's most active independent middle-market investment banks, announced today the formal launch of its Capital Markets Advisory practice and expansion to the Atlanta market with the hiring of Managing Director Carle Felton.

Gridiron Capital, LLC (“Gridiron Capital”), an investment firm focused on partnering with founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, is pleased to welcome Lauren Amos and Marlon Alebiosu to the firm as Senior Associates.

Venator Materials PLC ("Venator" or the "Company") (NYSE: VNTR), a global manufacturer and marketer of chemical products, announces that it has reached an agreement with the overwhelming majority of its lenders and noteholders on the terms of a comprehensive recapitalization plan.

Athenex, Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies for the treatment of cancer and related conditions, today announced that, following an ongoing strategic review, it has reached agreement with its lenders to move forward with an expedited sales process of the Company’s assets across its primary businesses: Athenex Pharmaceutical Division (“APD”), Orascovery, and Cell Therapy.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) (“Wells Fargo”) and certain of its consolidated subsidiaries have issued debt securities, certificates of deposit, trust preferred securities and preferred stock and related depositary shares that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) for deposits in U.S. dollars for a three-month tenor.

New York City — Blank Rome LLP is pleased to welcome a leading group of litigators in its Commercial Litigation practice group in New York, bolstering the firm’s national commercial and real estate litigation offerings. The group consists of nine attorneys whose practice areas focus on two broad areas as described below. They practiced at Akerman LLP before joining Blank Rome.

Autocar, LLC, a leading manufacturer providing custom engineered severe-duty vocational vehicles, announced today it has partnered with Mitsubishi HC Capital America and ChargePoint to provide the Power UpTM Program, a bundled vehicle financing solution designed to help customers grow their electric fleets as well as build and install charging infrastructure.