The Middle Market Growth Program, jointly managed by Antares and LStar Capital, closed a senior secured unitranche credit facility to support the equity investment of Nautic Partners in Response Team 1.
David Brackett and John Martin, co-CEOs of Antares Capital, were honored as Dealmakers of the Year by Mergers & Acquisitions as part its of ninth annual awards.
Antares Capital has hired Vivek Mathew as managing director, head of Structured Products. Mathew previously served as managing director, head of Global Primary CLO Business at J.P. Morgan.
Antares Capital is serving as administrative agent and lead arranger on a $145 million senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of AIM Aerospace by Liberty Hall Capital Partners.
Antares Capital has named Melina Higgins as independent board chairman, and elected two new independent board members, Mark Furlong and Diane Nordin, to the Antares board.
Antares Capital announced it recently finalized the hiring of its Loan, Syndication, Sales and Trading team led by industry veteran, Kevin Burke. The team was hired from GE Capital.
Antares Capital is serving as lead arranger and administrative agent on a $183.5 million unitranche credit facility in support of the acquisition of Direct Travel by ABRY Partners.
Antares Capital was lead arranger of a $115 million credit facility to support the refinancing of XIFIN by private equity firm GTCR.
Antares Capital and American Capital were co-lead arrangers of a $170 million unitranche facility to support the acquisition of Kele by Snow Phipps Group.
Reuters reported Antares Capital is in the market with $13.9 billion of credit facilities backing its sale to CPPIB from GE Capital, which includes a $10.7 billion asset-backed loan.