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Assembled Brands continues its growth hiring and is pleased to announce that Clifford Davis II has joined its team as an ABL Portfolio Analyst in Los Angeles, CA. In this role, Davis is responsible for portfolio management, operational and collateral compliance, monitoring as well as reporting.

King & Spalding announced today that Kathleen “Katie” Blaszak has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate, Finance and Investments (CFI) Practice Group. She is based in the firm’s Northern Virginia office.

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (“Helix”) (NYSE: HLX) announced today its successful completion of the previously announced acquisition of all of the equity interests of the Alliance group of companies (collectively “Alliance”), expanding its decommissioning presence in the Gulf of Mexico shelf and advancing Helix’s environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) initiatives by responsibly supporting end-of-life requirements of oil and gas projects. Bank of America, N.A. serves as Administrative Agent for the ABL facility.

idley Austin LLP is pleased to welcome Stephen E. Hessler as the global practice leader of the Restructuring group. He will be based in the New York office and joins after almost two decades at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he led some of the most significant chapter 11 cases in history — including, most recently, Frontier Communications and Windstream Holdings.

FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced its continued investment in its Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment in Asia with the appointment of Martin Wong as a Senior Managing Director. Based in Singapore, Mr. Wong brings over 24 years of experience in rehabilitative corporate restructuring and insolvency administration involving judicial management appointments, schemes of arrangement, receiverships, and voluntary and court liquidation.

Axis Auto Finance Inc. (“Axis” or the “Company”) (TSX: AXIS), a fintech lender servicing the alternative auto finance market, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Pivotal Capital Corp. (“Pivotal”) has secured an additional Funding Facility (the “Facility”) with Mitsubishi HC Capital Canada, Inc. (“MHCCA”).

The 447 commercial chapter 11 filings in June represented a 29 percent increase from the 347 filings in June 2021, according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. Overall commercial filings decreased 7 percent in June 2022, as the 1,864 filings were down from the 1,999 commercial filings registered in June 2021.

RefleXion Medical, a therapeutic oncology company pioneering the use of biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT)* for all stages of cancer, today announced the closing of a $125M debt facility, of which $55M is available immediately to repay the company’s existing $50M of debt.

Bank of America has named Brian King president of Bank of America Maine. King succeeds Bill Williamson, who held the position for 10 years and has announced his decision to retire next year after more than 40 years with the company. As president, King will be responsible for connecting the banking and investment resources offered through the bank’s eight lines of business to people and companies across Maine.

Regions Bank on Wednesday formally announced the establishment and continued business growth of a Commercial Corporate Finance (CCF) team that is connecting business leaders with specialized resources, insights, and guidance on opportunities including ownership transitions, financing alternatives, and risk management. The team is led by Coulter Warlick, who joined Regions in 2021 to develop and launch this team.

Gordon Brothers, the global advisory, restructuring and investment firm, has acquired the Robyn S accommodation barge from Vanguard Shipping Limited. The firm is managing the disposition of Robyn S, which is available for immediate sale to the international marine, shipping and offshore markets.

Wintrust Receivables Finance (WRF) is happy to announce the closing of a new $4,500,000 account receivable line of credit for a fast growing Managed Transportation Company. The east coast based firm specializes in managing the in-bound and out-bound freight for a number of middle market manufactures, and distributers around the country.

Columbia Bank, the wholly owned subsidiary of Columbia Banking System, Inc. (NASDAQ: COLB) ("Columbia"), today announced the expansion of its Business Lending Division into Utah with the hires of veteran Salt Lake City-area bankers Jeffrey Thomas and James Divver.

Swift Lending (“Swift”), a national private commercial real estate lender,today announced plans to expand its lending efforts through a senior credit facility provided by Encina Lender Finance. Swift provides bridge loans to qualified real estate investors active in the residential real estate marketplace.

Cambridge Savings Bank (CSB), a full-service mutual bank with a customer-first approach and more than $5 billion in assets, today announced that its Corporate Banking team led the financing for the ground-up construction of Lovell Arena with a $20 million participation loan as part of the $30 million project.

On the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, RCA Trade Center provides essential infrastructure to agricultural players in Hawaii. Its industrial storage and warehouse buildings give growers and distributors of local and imported goods the space they need to feed the residents and tourists on the island of Oahu.

Huntington Business Credit announced it closed $63,200,000 in new credit facilities with Ardisam, Inc. on June 22, 2022. Proceeds of the facility were used to refinance existing indebtedness and provide ongoing working capital growth financing.

Archaea Energy Inc. (“Archaea,” “the Company,” or “we”) (NYSE: LFG), an industry-leading renewable natural gas (“RNG”) company, today announced that it1 has successfully closed the previously announced amendment to its Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement. Aggregate commitments now total $1.1 billion, an increase of approximately $630 million from the original facilities, including a $400 million senior secured term loan credit facility and a $700 million senior secured revolving credit facility (together, the “Amended Facilities”).

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Gregory J. Moore has joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice group as a partner in the Houston office. A well-known trial lawyer with a diversified practice, Greg handles commercial litigation matters that include class actions, breach of contract claims, and disputes related to economic damage, personal injury, and professional services. Prior to joining Blank Rome, Greg was a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP.

Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc., the leading factoring, asset based lending (ABL), purchase order financing, d2c and e-commerce inventory financing firm in the United States, today announced that Anthony Vassallo has joined Rosenthal as a Senior Business Development Officer in the firm’s New York office.