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When a Houston-area construction contractor experienced tightening cashflow and growing project volume, Flatbay Capital structured a $2 million interest-only CRE bridge loan secured by a first lien on the borrower’s 10,000 square-foot owner-occupied industrial facility. The proceeds refinanced debt from...

Pathward Financial, through its subsidiary, Pathward, has been selected as “Banking-as-a-Service Platform of the Year” in the 10th annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program. “At Pathward, we offer decades of payments experience with a deep bench of talent, operational excellence, broad...

Great American (GA Group), a provider of advisory, valuation, field exam, liquidation and real estate services, and majority-owned by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, acquired G2 Capital Advisors, a full-service, industry-focused investment bank and restructuring advisory firm. This acquisition...

Subchapter V elections for small businesses increased 67% in Q1/26, as the 833 filings were up over the 499 registered during Q1/25, according to data provided by Epiq AACER, a provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data. Total overall commercial bankruptcies...

Convene Hospitality Group (CHG), a global hospitality platform at the intersection of corporate conferences, meetings and experiential events, secured $230 million in strategic growth capital to accelerate global expansion across its multi-brand platform. The latest funding is provided by new...

Mesabi Metallics, backed by Essar Group, secured $150 million of financing from Macquarie Group, supporting the Q3/26 startup of its world-scale direct reduction (DR) grade iron ore mine and pellet plant in Nashwauk, Minnesota. The financing follows Mesabi’s recently announced...

Vero Fiber, a nationwide fiber infrastructure provider serving wholesale, technology, enterprise and retail internet customers, expanded its existing credit facility to $425 million of committed capital. The facility includes an accordion feature providing up to $585 million of total capacity...

Consumer Portfolio Services amended its two-year revolving credit agreement with Capital One to increase the capacity of the facility. The amendment applies to both Capital One and the subordinate lender, and increases the capacity of the facility from $167.5 million...

Womble Bond Dickinson (U.S.) added partners Michael Waskiewicz and Armando Nozzolillo and of counsel Robert Neilson to its finance, bankruptcy and restructuring practice group. Their arrival significantly expands the firm’s financial services capabilities, adding a seasoned team with a national...

Snell & Wilmer added Michael Kron to its Portland office as counsel in the special litigation and compliance practice group. Kron previously spent more than a decade at the Oregon Department of Justice as special counsel to Oregon Attorney General...