TSL Express Daily Articles & News

GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) (“GameStop” or the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into a new $500 million global asset-based revolving credit facility (“ABL Facility”) with a syndicate of banks. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. acted as Lead Arranger and will serve as Administrative Agent.

Gordon Brothers, the global advisory, restructuring and investment firm, has issued a secured term loan facility to a family-owned jewellery and diamond retailer based in London.

LiquidX’s Digital Trade Credit Insurance platform was selected for recognition at the annual awards, which celebrate groundbreaking solutions that transform industry practices. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has named LiquidX Insurance Services (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. a finalist for the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) Global FinTech Awards 2021 in the Singapore Financial Institution category. The awards are a highlight of the annual festival, which takes place November 8-12, 2021.

First Internet Bancorp (INBK), the parent company of First Internet Bank, said on Tuesday that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire First Century Bancorp, the parent company of First Century Bank, N.A. for $80 million in cash.

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., a member of SMBC Group, today announced that Paul Spivack has joined the firm as Managing Director, Deputy Head of Capital Markets. In this role, he will work closely with the firm’s debt business, providing his advice and counsel to help drive further growth for this unit. He will report to Scott Ashby, Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets and Investment Banking, Senior Deputy President.

ABL Aviation, the global independent aircraft investment management firm, today announced that it has established a joint venture with Ellington Management Group (“Ellington”), an alternative investment manager, to opportunistically deploy capital across the global aviation industry and provide exposure to directly sourced deals.

Winston & Strawn represented Project Energy Reimagined Acquisition Corp. (the "Company"), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $250 million initial public offering. The units began trading on The Nasdaq Global Market ("Nasdaq") under the ticker symbol "PEGRU" on October 29, 2021.

Alleon Healthcare Capital ("Alleon"), a specialty finance company focused on providing healthcare accounts receivable financing, medical accounts receivable factoring, and cash flow solutions to medical providers in the U.S., recently closed a $2,000,000 medical accounts receivable financing facility with a skilled nursing facility operator

Winston & Strawn LLP represented RCG Global Services ("RCG" or the "Company"), a global digital transformation consultancy providing product engineering, advanced analytics, and cloud services to Fortune 1000 enterprises, has completed a majority recapitalization with Frontenac, a Chicago-based private equity firm.

Ocean Bank announced its Factoring Division has closed and funded a $2 million factoring facility to Globalwing USA Corp., a Miami-based leading exporter of frozen meats and poultry.

Moritt Hock & Hamroff (MHH) recently welcomed three new associates: Michael J. Borger, Johanna C. David and Grace Y. Lee. Borger and David joined the firm's Trusts and Estates practice group and are based in the firm's Garden City office. Lee joined the firm's Secured Lending practice group and is based in the firm's New York City office.

Citizens M&A Advisory announced today that it served as the exclusive financial advisor to FT Synthetics on its acquisition by GAF, a portfolio company of Standard Industries. FT Synthetics is a fully integrated manufacturer of coated woven fabrics, with a dedicated focus on developing industry-leading new and unique underlayment products designed for the steep slope roofing industry.

BizCap® (Business Capital since 2002), a national commercial finance and advisory firm, today announced it has hired Ryan Barringer as Managing Director, filling a key role on the company’s management team. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Ryan will be responsible for defining and executing on BizCap’s national growth strategy.

Axis Auto Finance Inc. ("Axis" or the "Company"), (TSXV: AXIS) a fintech lender servicing the alternative auto finance market, announced today that it has expanded its senior secured credit facility, lowered its borrowing costs and increased the advance rate on the facility.

Winston & Strawn represented TKB Critical Technologies 1, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $200 million initial public. The units are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) and began trading under the ticker symbol “USCTU” on October 27, 2021.

GTT Communications, Inc., “GTT” or “the Company,” a leading global cloud networking provider to multinational clients, announced today that the Company and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries have commenced prepackaged chapter 11 cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to effectuate a deleveraging of GTT’s capital structure. GTT’s foreign businesses and operations outside of the U.S. are not included in the filing and are unaffected by the chapter 11 cases.

CBL Properties (NYSE: CBL) today announced that it successfully completed its Chapter 11 reorganization. CBL emerged with a significantly improved capital structure, greater financial flexibility and a lowered cost of capital, positioning the company with a much-improved balance sheet and primed to pursue future growth opportunities.

Allspring Global Investments™ today announced that the firm has officially commenced operations as an independent asset management firm. This marks the close of the previously announced acquisition of Wells Fargo Asset Management by GTCR LLC and Reverence Capital Partners, L.P.* The firm's new name, Allspring Global Investments (Allspring), takes effect today.

CIBC Innovation Banking is pleased to announce a debt facility of $50 million for Atlanta and Indianapolis-based Terminus Software (“Terminus”), a leading account based marketing platform. Terminus will use the capital to aid in M&A transactions, international expansion, and future product development. This includes its recent acquisition of Zylotech, a B2B customer data platform, now known as Terminus CDP.

armers National Banc Corp. (“Farmers” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: FMNB), the holding company for The Farmers National Bank of Canfield (“Farmers National Bank”), announced today that it completed the merger of Cortland Bancorp (“Cortland”) (NASDAQ:CLDB), the holding company for The Cortland Savings and Banking Company (“Cortland Bank”), with and into FMNB Merger Subsidiary IV, LLC, a newly-formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Farmers (the “Merger”).