Validus Capital Adds Former Ernst & Young Senior Tax Partner

Validus Capital, an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, added Gino Sasso as a strategic advisor. Sasso was previously a senior tax partner at Ernst & Young in Los Angeles, where he spent more than 38 years serving public companies and family enterprise groups with global operations.

August 14, 2023 Ballard Spahr | Gino Sasso | John M. Krambeer | StevenDouglas | Validus Capital Ian Koplin

Siena Lending Group and Great Rock Capital Provide $100MM Credit Facility to SkyWater

Siena Lending Group and Great Rock Capital closed a $100 million senior secured credit facility with SkyWater Technology, a publicly traded company with a majority ownership by Oxbow Industries.

January 18, 2023 Ballard Spahr | Blank Rome | Cowen and Company | Great Rock Capital | Nick Payne | Siena Lending Group | SkyWater Technology | Steve Manko | Stuart Armstrong Ian Koplin

Siena Lending Group and Great Rock Capital Close $100MM Credit Facility with SkyWater Technology

SkyWater Technology, a technology realization partner, signed a $100 million three-year senior secured revolving credit facility that expands the company’s available borrowing capacity. The facility was jointly arranged by Siena Lending Group and Great Rock Capital.

January 5, 2023 Ballard Spahr | Cowen and Company | Great Rock Capital | Siena Lending Group | SkyWater Technology | Steve Manko | Thomas Sonderman Ian Koplin

Aristotle Capital Management Acquires Pacific Asset Management from Pacific Life

Aristotle Capital Management and Pacific Life Insurance, a mutual life insurance company, jointly announced Aristotle’s planned acquisition of Pacific Life’s third-party credit asset management firm, Pacific Asset Management, whose clients include Pacific Funds.

October 27, 2022 Adrian Griggs | Aristotle Capital Management | Ballard Spahr | Dominic Nolan | Pacific Asset Management | RBC Capital Markets | Richard S. Hollander | Ropes & Gray | Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young | TJC Law Group Ian Koplin

Fintech Transactions Specialist Ford Joins Ballard Spahr

Chris Ford, who has led some of the country’s largest and most innovative financial technology and payment systems transactions, joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Group.

August 23, 2018 Ballard Spahr | Chris Ford | Mark Stewart ABF Journal

Ballard Spahr Increases M&A Capacity with Lindquist & Vennum Merger

Law firms Ballard Spahr and Lindquist & Vennum will merge effective January 1, 2018. The merger will add corporate M&A and middle-market deal-making capabilities to the Ballard Spahr portfolio.

September 6, 2017 Ballard Spahr | Lindquist & Vennum ABF Journal