Intellectual property lawyer Jodi DeSchane and public finance attorney Rebecca Lawrence have joined Ballard Spahr, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced today. Ms. DeSchane is Of Counsel in the firm’s Intellectual Property Department. Her practice centers on trademark, copyright, advertising, social media, and internet-related matters, especially for clients in the banking, retail, restaurant, human resources, consumer products, professional sports, and franchising industries.

England represents borrowers and lenders, including banks and alternative lending institutions, in structuring and negotiating domestic and international commercial transactions. She also has deep real estate finance experience, including her representation of borrowers and lenders in construction loans and other real-estate secured loans involving virtually every type of property use — raw land acquisition, industrial properties, hotels, and office and retail space.

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPBI) (the “Company” or “Pacific Premier”), the holding company of Pacific Premier Bank, announced today that it has completed the acquisition, effective as of June 1, 2020, of Opus Bank, a California-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Irvine, California (NASDAQ: OPB) (“Opus”).

Crossplane Capital announced the expansion of its team today with the arrival of associates Michael Bertrand and David Harris. Michael and David will be responsible for supporting the team across multiple areas, including opportunity screening, financial modeling, company and industry due diligence, and value creation planning and implementation.

WhiteHorse Capital, the direct lending affiliate of H.I.G. Capital ("H.I.G."), a leading global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $37 billion of equity capital under management, provided a new senior secured term loan facility to Connexity, Inc. (“Connexity” or the “Company”) to support its acquisition of SkimLinks. California based Connexity is the leading independent provider of new ecommerce customer prospecting across the U.S. and Europe, serving the retail performance marketing industry.

CFG Merchant Solutions (“CFGMS”), a leading financier of small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”), announced today that the company is building upon its partnership with Arena Investors, LP (“Arena”), in conjunction with Ceteris Portfolio Services (“Ceteris), an Arena servicing affiliate, in servicing and providing liquidity to Platinum Rapid Funding’s (“PRF”) merchant portfolio. CFGMS has been a leading capital provider to SMEs and an originator of advances to growing merchants, providing in excess of $400 million merchant cash advances since 2015. Arena has been CFGMS’s primary capital partner since 2016.

North Mill Capital announced it provided an $1,250,000 accounts receivable facility for Performance Freight Systems, Inc. The funds were used to pay off the previous lender and provide additional working capital for the company.

Celtic Capital Corporation today announced its most recent new client relationship – a Colorado-based distributor and installer of fireplaces for commercial and residential use. This Company approached us for a working capital line of credit to support its expected growth.

Organigram Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: OGI) (TSX: OGI), the parent company of Organigram Inc. (collectively, the “Company” or “Organigram”), a leading licensed producer of cannabis, is pleased to announce that the Company has amended its credit agreement dated May 31, 2019, with Bank of Montreal (“BMO”) as lead arranger and agent as well as a syndicate including three other lenders (the “Credit Agreement Amendment”). The Credit Agreement Amendment modifies certain terms of the $115 million term loan (the “Term Loan”) and $25 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”, and together with the Term Loan, the “Facilities”).

Proskauer, a leading international law firm, announced the creation of the Proskauer Private Credit Default Index© which tracks, on a quarterly basis, the default rates of senior secured and unitranche loans.

Baudax Bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:BXRX), a pharmaceutical company focused on therapeutics for acute care settings, today announced that it has closed on a credit facility of up to $50 million from funds managed by Marathon Asset Management, a global credit solutions partner. Proceeds from the facility will generally be used to support the commercial launch of ANJESOTM (meloxicam) injection, and for working capital purposes. JMP Securities LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor and sole placement agent to Baudax on this transaction.

On June 1, 2020, Sprott and Rubicon agreed to extend the maturity date of the Loan Facility by one year to December 31, 2021 subject to certain other amendments and conditions as more particularly described below (the "Amended Loan Facility").

Computing giant Hewlett Packard Inc. (HPQ), which focuses on PCs and printers, said it has secured a 364-day revolving credit facility, with aggregate lending commitments of $1 billion. Loans under the senior, unsecured revolving credit facility will be used for general corporate purposes, the company said in a SEC filing. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. will act as the administrative agent on the credit line.

Green Growth Brands Inc. (CSE: GGB) (OTCQB: GGBXF) and certain of its direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively “GGB”, the “Company” or the “Applicants”) today provided an update on its insolvency proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) (“CCAA”).

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston today released additional information for potential lenders and potential borrowers, including a form loan participation agreement, lender certifications and covenants, borrower certifications and covenants, updated Frequently Asked Questions, and other legal documents.

Tiger Group is now liquidating well-maintained, late-model machinery and equipment surplus to the ongoing operations of a leading dispenser and manufacturer of Cannabidiol (CBD) products, with a range of value-add uses in the cannabis and biopharma sectors. This 2018 Agilent Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry system is among the assets available in Tiger Group's sale of assets from a leading dispenser and manufacturer of CBD products.

Advanced Flower Capital Management, LLC ("AFC") announced today that an affiliate of the company has arranged for a $42 million credit facility for Nature's Medicines. The credit facility is designed to streamline Nature's Medicines' capital structure and support its expansion initiatives, which include growth in its home state of Arizona and significant expansion into the Michigan market. AFC served as Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent for the transaction.

ABM (NYSE: ABM), a leading provider of facility solutions, announced today it has successfully completed an amendment to its senior, secured credit agreement. The Company is a party to a syndicated credit facility comprised of an $800 million revolving line of credit and an $800 million amortizing term loan, both of which mature on September 1, 2022. Bank of America, N.A. acted as Administrative Agent.

Craig Jones, a 20-year energy industry veteran, experienced in CFO services, M&A integration, strategy and operations management, and lean performance improvement, joins Alvarez & Marsal.

Owl Rock Capital ("Owl Rock"), a leading alternative asset manager, announced today the hiring of Jesse Huff, formerly of Oaktree Capital Management, and the expanded role of Nicole Drapkin, Managing Director at Owl Rock, who together will serve as Co-Heads of the firm's opportunistic investing strategy. Huff most recently served as a managing director and member of Oaktree's Strategic Credit platform where he had been focusing on opportunistic credit since 2014.