Origis Energy, one of America’s leading renewable energy platforms, today announced the close of an upsizing amendment to their development finance facility doubling capacity to $750 million. With enhanced flexibility and increased capacity, the credit facility will support further expansion of its solar and energy storage project pipeline. This financing round follows a $375 million facility announced in May 2022.

Vmo Aircraft Leasing (“Vmo”), announces the upsizing and extension of its warehouse credit facility to $1.225 billion. The five-year senior secured warehouse facility originally closed in November 2021, with an initial committed amount of $600 million. The upsizing more than doubles the capacity of the facility and brings new banking partners into the credit facility, including BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, KeyBank and Societe Generale.

Arnold & Porter announced today the continued growth of its Corporate & Finance practice with the arrival of partner Marina Richter. She will be resident in New York. Ms. Richter’s practice spans a wide range of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, fund investments, private equity, alternative assets, and venture capital transactions.

Citizens today named Jessica Rascionato to lead its Commercial Real Estate team and expanded Joanne Wyper’s role to head of Commercial Banking Digital and Operations to drive the Commercial Bank’s digital-forward strategy. Bragg Comer will succeed Rascionato as head of underwriting and portfolio management.

Solomon Partners, a leading financial advisory firm, announces Joseph Watson has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Technology Group, the firm’s newest practice. Creating and building out Solomon’s tenth vertical is part of the firm’s mission to continue to strategically expand and diversify its platform.

St. Petersburg-based BayFirst National Bank, the wholly-owned subsidiary of BayFirst Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: BAFN), has hired two SBA-lending experts and industry veterans who previously served as vice presidents at GBank, a Las Vegas-based community bank and top 20 SBA lender.

NantHealth, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise solutions that help businesses transform complex data into actionable insights, today announced the entry into a credit agreement for a new senior secured term loan in an aggregate principal amount of $22.5 million. The Term Loan Facility was funded by two existing NantHealth investors: Highbridge Capital Management, LLC and Nant Capital, LLC

Angelo Gordon, a $53 billion alternative investment firm focused on credit and real estate investing, today announced the final closing of the AG CSF2A (Annex) Dislocation Fund, L.P. (the “Annex Dislocation Fund 2”) with $1.3 billion of equity commitments. The Fund received strong support from existing investors of the flagship Credit Solutions strategy, as well as a significant level of commitments from institutional and retail investors new to Angelo Gordon.

Continuing its expansion with hands-on experienced process improvement experts, Steve Savoy and Frederic Vanlinthout have been named Associate Directors of Hilco Performance Solutions (HPS), a management consulting firm that consists of operational and financial experts in the areas of Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales & Customer Experience, Organizational Design, and M&A. An operating company of Hilco Global, HPS helps clients simplify and streamline business processes and improve operational efficiencies.

Solifi™, a global fintech software partner for secured finance, announced the release of its latest version of Solifi Originations for equipment and automotive finance lenders in North America. The newest features enable a multitude of automated advancements designed to enhance the customer and borrower experience.

Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) today announced continued strong investment activity for 2022. The firm closed approximately $6 billion in new financing commitments across 115 separate transactions. Monroe’s assets under management increased by 29% to approximately $16 billion as of December 31, 2022. Across our investment vehicles, Monroe closed $4.8 billion of investable capital in new Direct Lending funds; $500 million in Opportunistic Fund I; and $960 million in two new middle market CLOs.

Brian Adler joins as an underwriter and brings over five years of professional experience to Sallyport Commercial Finance, LLC, the majority of which was with Amegy Bank where he worked as a corporate lending associate. Brian is skilled in assessing credit risk and finding creative financing solutions to meet the needs of his clients.

Gordon Brothers, the global advisory and investment firm, has promoted Carolyn D’Angelo to Senior Managing Director, Brand Operations. She is also the President of Laura Ashley and oversees Nicole Miller. D’Angelo drives global operations under an asset-light model for the firm’s portfolio of brands.

Wolters Kluwer, a leading software solutions and services provider, announced today three divisional CEO appointments that will set the stage for accelerated growth at the company.

FilmHedge, the entertainment industry’s leading non-equity financiers for film and television productions, has closed a $5 million Series A round of financing led by Collab Capital, WOCStar, SCADPro (Savannah College of Art & Design) and TriplePoint Capital, among other participants.

A&G Real Estate Partners, in its capacity as real estate advisor to Party City Holdco Inc. (PCHI), plans to auction eight additional Party City leases as part of PCHI’s expedited financial restructuring, subject to Bankruptcy Court approval of bid procedures.

LSQ, a leading provider of working capital and payments management solutions, recently originated an $8 million credit facility for a Texas-based paint and paint products manufacturer and distributor. The company, which also has retail operations, will use the additional working capital to manage seasonality within their industry and build inventory for upcoming peak demand.

Lumine Group Inc. ("Lumine Group" or the "Company"), a global acquirer of communications and media software companies, today announced that its wholly-owned indirect subsidiary, WideOrbit Inc. (“WideOrbit”), has entered into a revolving financing facility with a syndicate of Canadian and US financial institutions amounting to US$185,000,000 to provide long-term financing in connection with the previously announced acquisition of WideOrbit, a US-based media vertical market software provider.

GA Telesis, LLC ("GAT") and Tokyo Century Corporation ("TC") announce the launch of its new joint venture lending platform, HALO AirFinance ("HALO"). HALO will serve as the exclusive debt origination channel for GAT and TC, with a focus on secured direct lending to airlines, lessors, and investors, covering the collateral spectrum from new to mid-life aircraft.

CohnReznick, a leading advisory, assurance, and tax firm, today announced the partners and employees of Daszkal Bolton (DB), a prestigious, regional South Florida accounting, tax, and advisory firm, have joined CohnReznick effective March 1. This is the latest strategic expansion for CohnReznick to support geographic and client growth. CohnReznick now has approximately 350 Florida-based team members with offices in Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale (Sunrise), Jupiter, and Miami.