Ellomay Capital Ltd. (NYSE American: ELLO) (TASE: ELLO) ("Ellomay" or the "Company"), a renewable energy and power generator and developer of renewable energy and power projects in Europe and Israel, today announced that Talasol Solar S.L. ("Talasol"), which owns a photovoltaic plant with installed capacity of 300MW in the municipality of Talaván, Cáceres, Spain and is 51% owned by the Company, achieved financial closing of the previously announced Facilities Agreement in the aggregate amount of €175 million provided by European institutional lenders.

Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc. (NYSEAM: BRBS) (“Blue Ridge”), the parent company of Blue Ridge Bank, National Association, and FVCBankcorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: FVCB) (“FVCB”), the parent company of FVCbank, jointly announced today a mutual agreement to terminate their merger agreement, previously announced on July 14, 2021, pursuant to which the companies had agreed to combine in an all-stock merger of equals transaction.

Middle-market companies and private-equity firms foresee an extremely strong year for the M&A market in 2022, with bullish forecasts for both deal volumes and for company valuations, according to a Citizens survey of 400 leaders at U.S. middle market companies and private equity firms.

MidOcean Partners (“MidOcean”), a premier New York-based alternative asset manager specializing in alternative credit investments and middle-market private equity, announced today that Jamil Nathoo is joining the firm as a Managing Director of MidOcean Credit. In this role, he will be responsible for expanding MidOcean’s institutional relationships and CLO platform.

Winston & Strawn LLP is serving as legal advisor to the placement agents in connection with Allwyn Entertainment, (“Allwyn Entertainment” or “Allwyn” or the “Company”), a leading multinational lottery operator, business combination with Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp. (CRHC), a special-purpose acquisition company, resulting in Allwyn becoming a public company on the NYSE with an expected total enterprise value for Allwyn of approximately $9.3 billion.

BHI, a full-service commercial bank, announced that its Commercial Real Estate Group has provided $36 million in construction financing to EPIRE for the development of 144 First Street, the firm’s new condominium development located in the Powerhouse Arts District of Jersey City, New Jersey.

Another Broken Egg ( “Company”), an Orlando-based operator and franchisor of southern-inspired daytime cafes owned by an affiliate of The Beekman Group, a leading private equity firm, announced that it has closed on a New Senior Secured Term Loan Facility provided by Comvest Credit Partners that was used to facilitate a Dividend Recapitalization of the Company, fund future corporate cafe growth and support accelerated franchisee system development and remodeling.

Huntington Business Credit announced it closed a new $150,000,000 credit facility with Dakkota Integrated Systems, LLC on December 13, 2021. Proceeds of the facility were used to refinance existing debt and to provide ongoing working capital growth financing.

TAB Bank is pleased to announce it has provided a quality assurance serve provider in Texas with an $5 million asset-based credit facility. TAB was introduced to the company through an established broker/consultant relationship because the company’s previous lender was not able to facilitate growth based on a large new contract.

Sierra Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW), a world leading IoT solutions provider, today announced that it has entered into a credit agreement for a new debt financing facility with CIBC Innovation Banking as administrative agent, and CIBC Innovation Banking and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) as lenders.

Winston & Strawn represented PreventionGenetics, a CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited clinical DNA testing laboratory providing more than 5,000 predefined genetic tests for nearly all clinically relevant genes, additional custom panels, and comprehensive germline whole exome and whole genome sequencing tests, in its sale to Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests.

Ovation Holdings, owners of Allied Valve, Automation Service and Valve Sales Inc., has expanded its array of “brands you know and service you can trust” with the acquisitions of Power Specialties, Inc., PROMAC, Inc., and JMI Instrument Company. The three companies will be merged to form Allied Instrumentation, which will cover seven states in the Midwest, generate over $50 million, and will be led by CEO Barry Shoulders. With these additions, Ovation Holdings now has 15 locations, revenues of $150 million and employs more than 350 people.

Agility Capital, an innovative lending company, announces the recent financing of Gento, a rapidly growing, Los Angeles based provider of Home Healthcare Services. Agility partnered with Top Mark Capital Partners in this financing.

CohnReznick LLP, one of the leading advisory, assurance, and tax firms in the United States, today announced that after several years in industry John Macrae has rejoined the firm as Managing Director as the firm continues to expand the talent and resources of its Restructuring and Dispute Resolution practice.

Tiger Group is selling over 55 million pieces of brand-new hemp CBD wellness products, packaging and related accessories in a major liquidation event. Worth a total of approximately $15 million at cost, the inventory is available for immediate purchase at SoldTiger.com.

CIT, a division of First Citizens Bank, today announced that the Industrial group within its Equipment Finance business provided more than $5 million toward the acquisition of multiple pieces of heavy equipment by a large construction firm. The 10 items of heavy equipment financed by CIT include articulated dump trucks, excavators and wheel loaders.

Republic Capital Access, LLC, a DoD Trusted Capital Marketplace Provider, and AWS Marketplace are collaborating to provide financing for government contractors procuring third-party software through AWS Marketplace.

LiquidX, the global technology solutions provider for working capital, trade finance, and trade credit insurance, has expanded its technology offering to include reporting capabilities for securitization facilities. LiquidX sourced and facilitated a USD $125 million accounts receivable (A/R) finance program for a USD $20 billion company in the Technology Media and Telecom (TMT) sector.

Pennington Partners, a multi-family investment office that specializes in working with entrepreneurs, family offices, and their families, has announced the appointment of Graham Bachman as Managing Director. Bachman will play a key role in expanding the firm's partnerships with family offices and Registered Investment Advisors.

Star Mountain Capital, LLC ("Star Mountain"), a specialized investment manager, with approximately $2.5 billion in assets under management, focused exclusively on investing in established, private small and medium-sized North American businesses (lower middle-market), is pleased to announce that Tom Tull has joined as a Senior Advisor.