Republic Capital Access, LLC, the leading specialty finance company for U.S. Government contractors and a Department of Defense Trusted Capital Marketplace member, will now provide contract financing for companies with state government contracts, as well as U.S. Government contracts.

Winston & Strawn represented Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as underwriters in connection with Argus Capital Corp. ("Argus") in its initial public offering of 30,475,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, including 3,975,000 units issued pursuant to the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in full.

Austin Financial Services, Inc. (AFS) is pleased to announce the closing of a $3.6MM revolving A/R and inventory credit facility to a one-hundred twenty-year-old privately owned fuel and lubricant distributor. The Company is operated by an experienced team of industry veterans who are focused on boosting sales volumes and improving operating efficiencies.

Bryant Park Capital ("BPC"), a leading middle-market investment bank, announced today that High Rise Financial, LLC, founded by Mark Berookim and Michael Berookim, recently closed on a $50 million senior secured debt transaction with one of the larger independent banks in the nation. BPC served as the exclusive financial advisor to High Rise Financial in connection with this transaction.

Gordon Brothers, the global advisory, restructuring and investment firm, announces that FoxPoint Trucks, LLC, doing business as OTR Leasing, has raised $85 million of capital to support the company’s continued growth. FoxPoint Trucks is a leading technology-enabled, specialty finance truck leasing company that will use the funds to refinance existing debt and support the continued expansion of their truck fleet.

eCapital Corp. (“eCapital”), a leading alternative finance provider in North America to small and medium-sized businesses, today announced that it has named Jeffrey Duclow as Senior Vice President, Business Development Officer. Duclow brings more than 30 years of expertise providing working capital financing to staffing companies.

Wings Capital Partners LLC (“Wings”) announced today the closing of a $500 million secured loan facility with a syndicate of four major international banks. The five-year loan facility contains a two-year acquisition period and can be upsized to $750 million. The facility will be used to acquire a portfolio of predominantly young, in-demand, narrow-body commercial jet aircraft. The lending group consists of Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Credit Agricole Securities, Natixis S.A. and Royal Bank of Canada. Goldman Sachs Bank USA acted as structuring agent for the facility.

Abacus Finance Group, LLC – a leading provider of cash flow-based, classic senior debt for sponsor-led buyouts of companies – today announced that it served as Senior Secured Credit Facilities Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger for senior secured credit facilities to support the dividend recapitalization MGC Diagnostics Corporation, an Altus Capital Partners portfolio company.

Touchstone Bankshares, Inc. (the "Company") (OTC Pink: TSBA) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Touchstone Bank (the "Bank"), are pleased to announce that Mr. Allan Funk will serve as EVP, Chief Credit Officer. Mr. Funk has over 37 years of banking experience, most recently as Senior Credit Officer with $1.5 billion asset based First Community Bank of South Carolina. Prior to that Mr. Funk was with Skyline National Bank and BB&T, in Virginia.

Gordon Brothers, the global advisory, restructuring and investment firm, and Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL), a leading professional services firm, have expanded their strategic alliance to offer integrated services to businesses operating in Spain and Portugal that are going through change or transformation.

Ubicquia®, a global leader in smart city, connectivity and smart grid solutions that make cities smarter, safer and more connected announced today it has entered a new $25 million debt and working capital facility with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The facility will be used to accelerate growth, facilitate larger supply chain commitments and manage working capital requirements driven by increasing orders from OEM customers.

CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc. has completed the successful refinancing of its existing secured credit facility with a new credit agreement comprised of an $800 million senior secured term loan facility and a $250 million senior secured revolving credit facility. Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Citigroup, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Jefferies Finance LLC and Morgan Stanley acted as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the Credit Facility.

SageSure, a technology-driven managing general underwriter specializing in coastal residential property markets, has secured $125 million in bank financing. The syndicated facility is led by Citizens and includes Joint Lead Arrangers ING Group, BMO Harris and East West Bank.

Winston & Strawn represented Clear Capital, a national real estate valuation technology company, in its acquisition of CubiCasa, a Finland-based proptech startup. Through this acquisition, Clear Capital will empower CubiCasa to expand its revolutionary mobile technology that automates floor plan sketch creation and digitizes property data collection.

Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) today announced the hiring of Ed Ribaudo as a Managing Director and Head of Leveraged Finance Capital Markets. In this new role, Mr. Ribaudo is responsible for leading the firm’s Leveraged Finance Capital Markets and Syndicate functions and is based in Stifel’s New York City office.

Stout is pleased to announce that Jeff Zolkin has joined the firm as Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets. Jeff brings more than 25 years of experience in the securities industry with significant expertise in raising debt and equity capital for privately held businesses, private equity owned portfolio companies and public companies. He has raised in excess of $20 billion throughout his career for clients across numerous industry sectors including industrial manufacturing, automotive, consumer goods, telecom, healthcare, and energy and oil services.

Winston & Strawn represented Spartech, a leading manufacturer of engineered thermoplastics and custom packaging solutions, in its acquisition of Crawford Industries, L.L.C., the leading producer of graphic-quality polyethylene and polypropylene sheet and the industry leader in printing and converting for 50 years.

Citizens M&A Advisory announced today that it served as the exclusive financial advisor to WorkN, a mobile on-demand staffing platform, on its acquisition by Avionté, a portfolio company of Serent Capital. This acquisition represents Citizens’ 17th Human Resources Technology transaction and second with Avionté.

MidCap Financial, a middle market credit solutions firm in alliance with Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO), today announced the start of a non-exclusive strategic capital relationship with Lafayette Square, an impact investment platform founded by Damien Dwin that is working locally to create an inclusive American economy. Through this new relationship, sourced through Apollo’s Expanding Opportunity initiative, MidCap Financial and Lafayette Square expect to collaborate on future opportunities that positively impact communities across the country.

The company noted that the funding – which is provided by BNP, SocGen, Santander, Natwest, Lloyds, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto Dominion and Wells Fargo – underpins its growth ambitions and execution strategy as it continues to accelerate the deployment of solar across the EMEA, Americas and Asia Pacific regions.