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Kandace Heck, senior executive vice president and chief audit executive of U.S. Bancorp, parent company of U.S. Bank, plans to retire from the company later this year and will be succeeded by Christopher Paulison. “For the past eight years, Kandace...

Squire Patton Boggs added Trish O’Donnell to its New York office as a partner, as well as Nathan Menon as a director in London. Both join the firm’s global structured finance group from Reed Smith. “Trish and Nathan are both...

Pravati Capital, a litigation finance firm, added three professionals to its leadership team. Joining Pravati Capital are Kris Kjolberg as managing director and head of capital strategy, Glenn Hill as managing director and Garrett Dowling, who has been named to...

Jennings Haug Keleher McLeod Waterfall (JKW), a regional full-service litigation and business law firm, added five attorneys from Denver-based Burns Figa & Will as partners and a sixth attorney as an associate. Together, they have established JKW’s newest office in...

SouthStar Capital funded a $1.5 million invoice factoring facility for a Charlotte, NC–based health related apparel company. As demand accelerated, the company faced the challenge of funding large production runs and covering operating expenses while waiting on extended payment terms...

William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to the University of Chicago, through its non-profit the Center for Research in Security Prices, in connection with the sale of its U.S. equities index fund tracking platform CRSP to Morningstar. “Morningstar’s acquisition...

Winston & Strawn appointed real estate finance specialist Richard Semple as a partner in the transactions department in its expanding London office. Semple brings extensive experience advising sponsor, borrower and lender clients on real estate finance transactions across the UK...

Mitsubishi HC Capital America, a non-bank, non-captive finance provider in North America, is strengthening its working capital team with the appointment of Aaron Dever as business development director, business finance. Dever will be spearheading the origination and structuring of asset-based...

Ares Commercial Finance served as administrative agent to provide a $150 million senior secured asset-based revolving line of credit to DP Corporation, d/b/a Lifted Trucks. Lifted Trucks, a portfolio company of Nonantum Capital Partners and TRP Capital Partners, is a...

Solifi, a global company in secured finance technology, acquired DataScan, a North American company in wholesale finance and inventory risk management. The acquisition is aimed at extending Solifi’s automotive offering and Open Finance Platform technology with modern wholesale solutions. By...