Ares Management Completes $5.7B in New Commitments in Q3/22

Ares Management’s credit group closed approximately $5.7 billion in U.S. direct lending commitments across 45 transactions during the third quarter of 2022 and approximately $32 billion in direct lending commitments across 251 transactions in the last 12-month period.

October 28, 2022 Ares Management | Bain Capital | Discovery Life Sciences | Evolent Health | Five Star Food Service | Freeman Spogli & Co | LeanTaaS | Legacy Service Partners | LJP Waste Solutions | Nonantum Capital Partners | NSM Insurance | OMERS Private Equity | Permira | Pueblo Mechanical & Controls | RedBird Capital Partners | Reorg | Revenue Management Solutions | Talent Systems | Tempus | The Carlyle Group | Thompson Street Capital Partners | Water Street Healthcare Partners Ian Koplin

Citizens Leads $1.8B Asset-Based Senior Credit Facilities for PRO Unlimited

Citizens led a $635 million increase to San Francisco-based PRO Unlimited’s existing $1.16 billion of asset-based senior credit facilities to support the company’s acquisition of Geometric Results.

June 30, 2022 Bain Capital | Citizens | EQT Partners | Geometric Results | MSX International | PRO Unlimited Global Solutions | Ted Swimmer Rita Garwood

Antares Provides Nearly $11B in Financing Commitments in H1/21

Antares closed 139 transactions totaling almost $11 billion in financing commitments to middle-market, private equity-backed companies in the first half of 2021.

July 30, 2021 Alacrity Solutions | AlertMedia | American Trailer Rental Group | American Veterinary Group | Antares | Astorg | Aurora Capital Group | Bain Capital | Cinven | Corsearch | Curtis Bay Medical Waste Services | David Brackett | Dessert Holdings | DrakeSoftware | Genstar Capital | Gryphon Investors | Hospitalist Group | Jeffrey Stammen | KIPU | Kohlberg & Company | Oak Hill Capital Partners | Odyssey Investment Partners | OEC | Protective Industrial Products | TCV | Vista Equity Partners | Wind Point Partners Ian Koplin

Citizens Advises Simple Admit on Merger with HST Pathways

Citizens M&A Advisory served as financial advisor to Simple Admit, a provider of automated patient relationship management solutions for surgery centers, on its merger with HST Pathways, a provider of cloud-based software for the ambulatory surgery center space.

May 27, 2021 Bain Capital | Citizens M&A Advisory | Dan Coholan | Dominic Barakat | HST Pathway | Justin Bentley | Simple Admit Ian Koplin

Toms Shoes Gets New Owners in Out-of-Court Debt Restructuring

The Wall Street Journal reported that Toms Shoes, the company that donates a pair of shoes to a poor child for each pair it sells, is handing ownership to creditors in an out-of-court recapitalization.

December 30, 2019 Bain Capital | Toms Shoes nadine

Antares, Bain, Others Support Wind Point Acquisition of A&R Logistics

Antares Capital, Bain Capital, First Eagle Investment Management, and Varagon Capital agreed to provide debt financing to Wind Point Partners’ acquisition of A&R Logistics.

May 9, 2019 A&R Logistics | Antares Capital | Bain Capital | First Eagle Investment Management | Konrad Salaber | Varagon Capital | Wind Point Partners Amanda Koprowski

ABCS Supports Frazier Healthcare Partners Acquisition

The Antares Bain Capital Complete Financing Solution closed a $270 unitranche credit facility to support the acquisition of Comprehensive Pharmacy Services by Frazier Healthcare Partners.

May 8, 2019 Antares Bain Capital Complete Financing Solution | Antares Capital | Bain Capital | Frazier Healthcare Partners. nadine

ABCS Facility Supports Bertram Capital Flow Control Acquisition

The Antares Bain Capital Complete Financing Solution closed a senior secured unitranche credit facility to support Bertram Capital’s acquisition of Flow Control Group.

February 6, 2019 ABCS | Antares | Antares Bain Capital Complete Financing Solution | Bain Capital | Kevin Yamashita | Mary Gaede | Michael Ewald Amanda Koprowski

Ares Management Provides $2.9B in Commitments in Q3/18

Ares Management’s Credit Group provided approximately $2.9 billion in commitments across 47 transactions that closed during the third quarter of 2018.

November 5, 2018 Alcami | Apex Clean Energy | Ares Management | Arlington Capital Partners | Bain Capital | Berkshire Partners | Cadence Aerospace | Implus Footcare | Madison Dearborn Partners | OMERS Private Equity | Premise Health Holding | Procare Software | Solis Mammography | Varsity Brands | Warburg Pincus Amanda Koprowski

New Directions: Bain Capital and Antares Capital Join Forces to Provide Unitranche Lending

Both Bain Capital and Antares Capital have global reputations as investment firms. So there was more than a bit of frisson in the lending world when the two companies announced a joint venture in December. This unique unitranche platform combines the strengths of both companies and provides an unusual opportunity for partnership. Bain Managing Director Michael Ewald and Antares Senior Managing Director Timothy Lyne share their thoughts about the new platform with ABF Journal Editor Nadine Bonner.

March 14, 2018 Bain Capital | Michael Ewald | Timothy Lyne | Unitranche Lending ABF Journal