Mark Newton-Jones has joined Gordon Brothers, the global advisory and investment firm, as Senior Managing Director, Head of the U.K. and Europe, the Middle East & Africa (EMEA), serving as the chief executive for the region. Based in London, Newton-Jones will lead the continued expansion of the firm’s valuation, disposition and capital services working in partnership with a seasoned team of professionals to provide comprehensive solutions, including lending to, investing in and providing advice, for retail, consumer, commercial, and industrial clients and partners.

eCapital Healthcare, a leading and diversified specialty lender servicing healthcare providers and businesses across North America, is pleased to announce it delivered over $172MM in newly originated credit facilities in 2022. eCapital's Healthcare division delivered financial solutions to healthcare providers in skilled nursing, hospital, behavioral health, home health and other ancillary healthcare services sectors.

Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information, software solutions and services, has today announced that it intends to bring together four of its global enterprise software businesses to form a new division, Corporate Performance & ESG. This is to meet the growing demand from corporations and banks for integrated financial, operational, and ESG performance management and reporting solutions.

Accord Financial Corp., one of North America’s leading independent commercial finance companies ("Accord") (TSX: ACD) moved quickly to help a leading child safety product manufacturer when the company’s previous lender decided to reduce its footprint in the Canadian market. Over the past several years, the company had resolved their supply chain problems by acquiring a contract manufacturer that had been making their products.

A&G Real Estate Partners, in its capacity as real estate advisor to Party City Holdco Inc. (PCHI), today announced plans to auction 12 Party City leases in six states – the first tranche to become available as part of PCHI’s expedited financial restructuring.

CareCloud, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CCLD, CCLDP, CCLDO), a leader in healthcare technology solutions for medical practices and health systems nationwide, today announced that Silicon Valley Bank (NASDAQ: SIVB), the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and their investors, has increased its secured line of credit to $25 million to support future growth. The term of the line of credit was also extended by two years, to October 13, 2025.

Rainier Partners, a private equity firm investing in lower middle-market services businesses, announced today that it has completed fundraising for Rainier Partners Fund I at its hard cap of $300 million, in excess of its $250 million target. The fund’s limited partners include foundations, global asset managers, insurance companies, pension plans, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals.

Great Rock Capital, an asset-focused commercial finance company specializing in middle market lending, today announced Todd Nakamoto has joined the firm as a Managing Director of Originations. Todd will be based in Los Angeles and is responsible for expanding the firm’s origination efforts across Southern California.

The Company's principal lender, KeyBank, N.A. ("KeyBank"), has now led a bank syndicate that increased the Company's overall credit facility to $175 million (the "Facility"). This consists of an aggregate revolving commitment of $125 million with an accordion feature for an additional $50 million available upon company request.

Flatbay Capital LLC is happy to announce the funding of a $5,550,000 owner-occupied CRE Bridge Loan for a manufacturer of advanced industrial and commercial-grade battery systems in Ohio.

Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a private equity firm based in St. Louis, announced today a growth investment in OpenClinica, a cloud-first, unified eClinical platform that accelerates clinical research by allowing users to automatically capture data from Electronic Health Records (EHRs) while integrating with existing clinical workflows. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC (“First Eagle” or the “firm”), an alternative credit manager for both direct lending and broadly syndicated investments with approximately $21 billion in assets under management, today announced promotions within its Tradable Credit and Direct Lending investment teams.

Mike Colloton, Vice President II – Asset-Based Lending at First Business Specialty Finance, LLC, a subsidiary of First Business Bank, announces a recently closed and funded $18 million revolving line of credit and equipment term loan for a plastic injection molding company in Wisconsin.

First Citizens Bank today announced that its Healthcare Finance group, part of the CIT division, provided $50.3 million in financing to Montecito Medical Real Estate to recapitalize a portfolio of medical office buildings. The portfolio consists of an aggregate of 200,000 rentable square feet across seven off-campus medical office buildings located in Florida, Illinois and Pennsylvania.

MidCap Business Credit announced today they have closed on an $12,000,000 senior secured credit facility for a manufacturer and assembler of mattresses and foundations. The asset based credit facility is comprised of a working capital line of credit with advances against accounts receivable and inventory and a machinery and equipment term loan.

Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., the leading factoring, asset based lending, purchase order financing, d2c and e-commerce inventory financing firm in the United States, today announced the completion of two recent transactions, including a $35 million acquisition deal for a large consumer products importer and a combined $3 million purchase order financing and factoring deal to support an established footwear company.

Winston & Strawn is representing Atlis Motor Vehicles, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMV), a vertically integrated electric vehicle technology ecosystem company, and the first battery cell manufacturer to be fully owned and operated in the US, in connection with the pricing of its public offering of 8,334,000 units.

IDB Bank (IDB), a New York-based private and commercial bank, has announced the expansion of its Sponsor & Leverage Finance team. As part of this expansion, IDB aims to further its presence within the leverage finance space, a key area of growth over the next several years.

Bain Capital Credit, LP (“Bain Capital Credit”), a leading global credit specialist, today announced the launch of Bain Capital Private Credit (“BCPC” or the “Fund”), a perpetual life, non-traded business development company. The Fund will offer access to income-producing investments in middle market companies that have historically been available mostly to institutional investors. Bain Capital Credit has been a longstanding investor in the middle market since its founding in 1998.

Crayhill Capital Management, a New York-based, minority-owned private credit manager focused on asset-based investments, announced today the close of a $200 million receivables financing facility with Stenn Technologies, a UK-based SME finance platform. The facility, which will initially be $200 million, expandable to up to $400 million, is collateralized by a diverse portfolio of high-quality, short-term trade receivables. Goldman Sachs provided a committed senior credit facility against the portfolio in the initial amount of $175 million.