Capstone announced it has created a white paper to assist its clients and associates to benefit from the types of projects that have been authorized by the Infrastructure and Jobs Act (IIJA) which was signed by President Biden on November 15, 2021.

Great Rock Capital, an asset-focused commercial finance company specializing in middle market lending, announced that it has expanded its senior secured credit facility for Mersino Management, providing an additional $10.0 million of borrowing capacity. Mersino is a leading provider of pumping and dewatering services.

Amerisource Business Capital announced the closing and funding of a $1,000,000 senior credit facility for an Oklahoma-based environmental compliance firm serving diverse industries such as agriculture, oil and gas, mining and municipalities. Following an increase in demand, the proceeds were used to support the company’s growth.

Snarled supply chains and the spread of the delta variant combined to reduce the RSM US Middle Market Business Index to 129.7 in the final quarter of the year from a peak of 143.7 previously. An easing was to be anticipated, though, and the current reading is in line with the pre-pandemic score of 126.2 in the final quarter of 2019.

TradeCap Partners (“TradeCap) announced the recent closing of a $15 million Purchase Order Funding facility for an importer of oil country tubular goods selling to large end users and distributors throughout the United States. The client was referred to TradeCap by its existing bank when the size of their capital needs exceeded the banks internal lending limits.

Winston & Strawn LLP represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc., in connection with its role as buy side advisor to ArcLight Clean Transition Corp. II (Nasdaq: ACTD), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, in connection with a business combination with OPAL Fuels LLC, a leading vertically integrated producer and distributor of renewable natural gas (RNG) with a diversified revenue and customer base in 42 states.

Building and opening stores is taking longer than ever due to permitting backlogs at many municipalities, but retailers can expedite store buildouts through some careful planning, writes Jon Graub, a Principal at A&G Real Estate Partners, in a Nov. 29 “Expert Viewpoints” column for Chain Store Age Online.

Monroe Capital LLC today announced it acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility to support the acquisition of System 3 by CMI Group (“CMI”). CMI is an existing portfolio company of Gallant Capital Partners. Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, CMI is a leading manufacturer of critical components for engines, APUs, fuel and fluid systems, gears, hydraulics, and valves for the majority of commercial, military and business jet platforms serving the aerospace and defense industry.

Orbit Garant Drilling Inc. (TSX: OGD) ("Orbit Garant" or the "Company") today announced that it has reached an agreement with National Bank of Canada on certain amendments to its amended and restated credit agreement dated March 8, 2021 (the "Credit Facility").

OBSIDIAN ENERGY LTD. (TSX: OBE) (OTCQX: OBELF) ("Obsidian Energy", the "Company", "we", "us" or "our") announced that its semi-annual borrowing base redetermination has been completed, resulting in a $35 million increase to our revolving syndicated credit facility from $225 million to $260 million.

Golub Capital acted as Administrative Agent and Joint Lead Arranger on a $1 billion GOLD facility to finance the merger of 2020 Technologies (“2020”) and Compusoft by Genstar Capital and TA Associates. GOLD financings are Golub Capital One-Loan Debt facilities. The GOLD facility was funded using a combination of U.S. dollars, Canadian dollars, British pounds sterling and eurodollars.

CIBC Innovation Banking is pleased to announce a debt facility of $35 million for Atlanta-based Intradiem, a leading provider of automation technology solutions for customer service teams. Intradiem will use the capital to expand its market growth and accelerate the launch of strategic products to deliver on its next generation platform and machine learning initiatives.

Sycamore Tree Capital Partners (“Sycamore Tree”), a specialist asset manager with private and alternative credit investment expertise, announced today the closing of the firm’s inaugural Collateralized Loan Obligation (“CLO”), Sycamore Tree CLO 2021-1, Ltd. (“STCP CLO 1”). STCP CLO 1 totals $403.3 million, with Citibank Securities, NA serving as the underwriter and Dechert LLP acting as legal counsel to Sycamore Tree.

Cambridge Savings Bank (CSB), a full-service mutual bank with a customer-first approach and more than $5 billion in assets, announced that its Commercial Lending team offered a lending solution to support the growth of LAB Medical Manufacturing with acquisition financing for a new manufacturing facility in South Carolina. Headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, LAB Medical is a device manufacturer that produces precision surgical equipment for multibillion dollar organizations.

FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced the appointment of Danelle Larsen as a Managing Director in the Office of the CFO Solutions practice within the firm’s Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment. Based in Los Angeles, Ms. Larsen is an interim leader with more than 20 years of strategic, financial, operational and restructuring experience across a range of transactions involving finance, treasury and accounting teams.

Haversine Funding, a leading provider of lender financing solutions for the specialty finance space, today announced the hiring of Edward (“Eddie”) Mun, CPA to serve as controller. Haversine continues its rapid expansion and this newest addition reflects the company’s commitment to our investors and the specialty financing marketplace by developing, deploying and managing customized financing options for lenders.

Christian Pugaczewski, a structured finance attorney with nearly two decades of experience developing innovative financial products and documenting derivative transactions, including hedging contracts for securitizations and energy project finance, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner in New York.

Solifi (formerly IDS), a global fintech software partner for secured finance, announced Sunflower Bank as its first client to move mission-critical Asset-Based Lending (ABL) operations to the Solifi software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Solifi completed migration of its end-to-end ABL SaaS solution earlier this year. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Sunflower Bank, N.A., is a regional bank founded over 129 years ago.

CVB Financial Corp. (“CVBF”), the holding company for Citizens Business Bank (“Citizens”), announced that Citizens has received regulatory approvals from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, respectively, to complete its announced merger with Suncrest Bank headquartered in Visalia, California (“Suncrest”). Subject to satisfaction of all remaining closing conditions, the parties anticipate consummating the merger on or about January 7, 2022.

eoffrey Frankel, CEO and Senior Managing Director – Hilco Corporate Finance, is pleased to announce that Dan Arnold will be transitioning to the role of Senior Managing Director, Enterprise Valuation Services. In this new role, Mr. Arnold will focus on building the Enterprise Valuation Services (EVS) practice, including originating new business in the core business valuation segment, as well as disputes and financial diligence practices.