2025 Legends and Leaders
The inaugural ABF Journal Legends & Leaders issue honors the standout professionals shaping the future of specialty finance. Featuring profiles of top Trailblazers, Rainmakers, Innovators, Icons, Sentinels, and NextGen leaders, this special edition also delivers timely insights into regulatory changes, technology transformation, and the evolving dynamics of middle market lending. Discover the people, ideas, and trends setting the pace for 2025 and beyond.
Features
Legends and Leaders
In this special section, ABF Journal proudly recognizes the individuals shaping the future — and the very foundation — of the specialty finance industry. After a rigorous nomination and selection process led by our editorial board and staff, we present this year’s honorees across six distinct categories.
These honorees are not just participants in our industry — they are defining it. We are proud to share their stories, achievements and the lessons they offer to the next generation of legends and leaders.
Advertiser Index
- Arch + Beam
- Ares Commercial Finance
- Asset Based Lending Consultants
- Avant Advisory
- Blank Rome, LLP
- Choate Hall & Stewart LLP
- Equify Financial
- Finsoft
- First Citizens Bank/CIT Commercial Services
- FTI Consulting
- GA Group
- Gordon Brothers
- Great Rock Capital
- Haversine Funding
- Legacy Corporate Lending LLC
- Mitsubishi HC Capital America
- Mountain Ridge Capital
- MUFG
- Northleaf Capital Partners
- Novo Advisors
- Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP
- Phoenix Management Services, a J.S. Held Company
- PKF O’Connor Davies
- PNC Bank
- Porter Capital
- Raistone Capital
- Republic Business Credit
- Setpoint
- Solifi
- SSG Capital Advisors
- TD Bank
- The Branford Group
- Thompson Coburn LLP
- Tiger Group
- TimeValue Software
- Wells Fargo
- White Oak Commercial Finance