Winston & Strawn represented Waterland Private Equity and Global Equestrian Group (GEG) in its acquisition of Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, a Wellington, Florida-based equestrian center and equestrian competition operator – including, the Winter Equestrian Festival.

BofA Securities, Inc., Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC acted as joint bookrunners and BofA Securities, Inc. acted as sole lead arranger for the New Term B-1 Facility. BofA Securities, Inc. acted as sole bookrunner and sole lead arranger for the New Term B-2 Facility. Bank of America is the administrative agent and the collateral agent for the Credit Agreement.

Raketech, the iGaming performance marketing partner, announced that the company has signed a one-year revolving credit facility of EUR 15 million with Avida Finans AB. The credit facility enables Raketech to continue to grow through strategic acquisitions and can further be used for financing of working capital, other investments and other general corporate purposes.

Stroock has appointed Steven R. Schneider as a partner. The appointment is the firm's third DC-based partner in less than a month — and its eighth lateral partner in a year. Schneider counsels clients on tax ramifications related to real estate fund development, acquisitions, qualified opportunity zones, cross-border deals, dispositions, restructurings and real estate partnerships. A nationally recognised tax practitioner, Schneider also advises clients on tax-related implications of REITs, international investing (including sovereigns), IRS audits and S corporations.

FLC Credit Partners, a private credit fund manager specializing in family- and entrepreneur-owned businesses, today announced that it has provided a $21 million loan facility to Spouting Rock Asset Management (“SRAM”) which will use the capital to fuel its growth and consolidate multiple asset managers.

The Boards of Directors of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (“Lakeland”) (NASDAQ: LBAI), the parent company of Lakeland Bank, and 1st Constitution Bancorp (“1st Constitution”) (NASDAQ: FCCY), the parent company of 1st Constitution Bank, announced today that they have entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), under which Lakeland will acquire 1st Constitution. The combined organization will have approximately $9.6 billion in assets and will rank as the 5th largest bank headquartered in New Jersey. The merger brings together two high-performing companies with complementary geographies and business lines.

Old Hill Partners recently provided a $7 million senior secured term loan secured by water rights in the Western U.S. We financed a real estate developer looking to warehouse water resources for a planned development project. The financing served as a hedge against escalating prices for water rights. It was priced with current and deferred interest components. This transaction arose as a sequel to a prior $11 million credit facility Old Hill provided to the company in 2019.

Sunlight Financial (“Sunlight”), a premier, technology-enabled point-of-sale financing company, today announced the closing of its previously-announced business combination (the “Business Combination”) with Spartan Acquisition Corp. II (“Spartan”) (NYSE:SPRQ), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company sponsored by funds managed by an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE:APO) (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Apollo”).

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) announced today that Bei Ling will join the company on Oct. 1 as head of Human Resources. She will report to CEO Charlie Scharf and serve on the company’s Operating Committee. Ling joins Wells Fargo from JPMorgan Chase, where she was most recently managing director and global head of Talent Development and Total Rewards.

PMCF (P&M Corporate Finance LLC) is pleased to announce the promotion of Matt Rupprecht to Director, effective July 1, 2021. Mr. Rupprecht will co-lead the firm's Business Services & Technology team. He has more than 15 years of experience advising clients with their buy side and sell side M&A transactions, leveraged buyouts, and the placement of senior and subordinated debt. In addition, Matt has extensive experience across multiple segments, including human capital, advertising, facilities management services, managed services, and business process outsourcing.

Alleon Capital Partners ("Alleon"), a specialty finance company focused on providing asset-based cash flow solutions to SMEs recently closed a $1,000,000 accounts receivable financing facility with a California based e-commerce business (“Company”). The Company sells an eco-friendly, plastic-free laundry detergent solution directly to consumers via multiple selling platforms. The product is currently sold in 31 different countries and the Company has plans to continue its expansion.

As NAC Vice President Jason Hoerr explains, Deerfield’s story is a prime example of the wide reach of the USDA Business & Industry Loan Program: “Deerfield Ranch Winery is a successful family-owned business located in one of America’s most familiar regions. Yet like 95% of the geographic United States, their address qualified them for competitive financing from the USDA.”

Winston & Strawn represented Ranger Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: RNGR), an independent provider of well service rigs, wireline, and associated services in the United States, in its acquisition of PerfX Wireline Services (“PerfX”). This acquisition continues the expansion of Ranger’s wireline services business and is its second wireline acquisition in the last several weeks.

Hilco Global has issued a timely report on the current state of the intermodal chassis market one year after freight traffic reached its lowest level of the ongoing pandemic. The report is accompanied by an industry primer developed to assist lenders in better familiarizing themselves with the import and export logistics of containerized freight.

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, has acquired boutique advisory firm Baylor Klein as it continues to grow its Corporate Finance business in Europe. Founded in 2008 by Managing Director Tim Leach, Baylor Klein specialises in providing M&A and corporate finance advisory services to the multinational and independent owners of household, beauty, and personal care (HBPC) assets globally. The transaction signed and completed on 8 July.

JOANN Inc. (NASDAQ: JOAN) (“JOANN”), the nation’s category leader in sewing and one of the fastest growing competitors in the arts and crafts category, announced that it has successfully completed the refinancing of its existing covenant-lite first lien term loan facility due October 2023. The impact of the new $675 million covenant-lite first lien term loan facility is leverage neutral for JOANN as net proceeds will be used to fully repay existing borrowings under the prior first lien term loan facility, with the balance reducing the amount borrowed on its existing asset-based revolving credit facility.

Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (NASDAQ: SBCF), one of the largest community banks based in Florida, today announced the continued expansion of its commercial banking leadership team. The bank is adding James Norton as executive vice president and commercial real estate executive, Chris Rolle as president of the West Florida region, and Robert Hursh as market president for Pinellas County.

Penfund, an independent provider of junior capital to North American middle market companies, announced the completion of a second lien debt and equity co-investment in Gastro Health, LLC (“Gastro Health” or the “Company”). Penfund is the lead investor for a new US$90 million second lien credit facility and also invested US$10 million in equity, both of which supported the acquisition of Gastro Health by OMERS Private Equity (“OPE”).

Harris Williams served as financial advisor to Tachyon. KeyBank Capital Markets served as lead left arranger and administrative agent and Citizens served as lead right arranger on the credit facility for the transactions. Greenberg Traurig served as legal counsel for Bow River.

Varagon Capital Partners (Varagon) is serving as Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger and Bookrunner on a senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Zavation Medical Products (Zavation or the Company) by Gemspring Capital (Gemspring).