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PennantPark Floating Rate Capital has formed PennantPark Senior Secured Loan Fund II (PSSL II), a joint venture with a fund managed by Hamilton Lane (HL). PSSL II is expected to invest primarily in middle market loans consistent with PFLT’s core...

Crestone Air Partners formed Blue Crest Aviation Partners, a new joint venture anchored by funds managed by Blue Owl Capital. The platform will seek to acquire mid-life commercial jet aircraft on lease to airlines globally, through a disciplined, income-oriented strategy....

First Financial and BankFinancial have entered into an agreement by which First Financial will acquire Chicago-based BankFinancial in an all-stock transaction, expanding First Financial’s presence in the Chicagoland market with a core deposit franchise including 18 financial centers. The acquisition also...

Culain Capital Funding announced the closing and funding of a $3.75 million accounts receivable financing facility for a New York-based hospitality and facility management firm. The new facility provides essential working capital to support the company’s rapid growth and enable...

Asante Gold entered into the key definitive agreements for the company’s previously announced financing plans, and a restructuring agreement with Kinross Gold. The agreements encompass a senior debt facility in the amount of $150 million, a subordinated debt facility in...

Aurous has closed an $800,000 facility for the first production runs of a domestic manufacturer of a gluten-free protein product. The client presented the notable challenge of needing to fund two different production processes to complete its finished goods.  Aurous...

Law firm Winston & Strawn represented Nscale Global in connection with the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with Aker ASA to develop Stargate Norway, a $1 billion AI data center project in partnership with OpenAI. The facility will be...

The week ending August 10, 2025 marked a pivotal shift in middle market finance as weak employment data sent rate cut expectations soaring to 87% for September¹, while private equity dealmaking exceeded $10 billion and the residential solar sector faced...

GLM III and its affiliated investment manager GoldenTree Asset Management closed a $500 million collateralized loan obligation (CLO) to be managed by GLM III. With the closing of this CLO, GoldenTree Loan Management US CLO 26 (GLM US CLO 26),...

Heron Therapeutics, a commercial-stage biotechnology company, completed a capital restructuring designed to enhance the company’s financial flexibility, reduce total debt and support long-term growth. The multi-faceted refinancing transaction consisted of the following key components: A new senior credit facility with...