Dykema announced the addition of Catherine S. Bowe to its Corporate Finance Practice Group as Senior Counsel in the firm’s Dallas office. Bowe joins Dykema after practicing with Exall Legal Advisors, PLLC in Dallas for four years. Prior to that, she... Read Story

The equipment professionals at Loeb have been helping clients, brokers and partners since 1880. Whether a business is looking to buy, sell, rent, capitalize or liquidate its industrial equipment and machinery, Loeb has a winning solution. Loeb is... Read Story

Ravinia Capital, a boutique investment bank, announced that veteran investment banker David Hirschfield is joining the firm as Managing Director, effective immediately. Hirschfield has closed more than 150 transactions during his four decades and... Read Story

Joel Seager joined Fladgate as a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Practice. Seager has over 15 years’ experience acting on a wide range of complex, high-value international and domestic disputes in both court and arbitration proceedings. His... Read Story

John Gilkes has joined Grant Thornton as a Forensic Advisory Services principal, based in the firm’s MetroDC office in Arlington, Virginia. Gilkes will tap into his more than 30 years of experience to enhance Grant Thornton’s forensic services... Read Story

Greystone announced that Karen Ford has joined as a Vice President on the FHA lending team. Based in Mississippi, Ms. Ford will serve with Lisa Anderson, Managing Director for FHA lending, in a leadership role on the FHA platform. Ms. Ford will... Read Story

Skyway Capital Markets announced long-time senior investment banking executive John Patterson has joined its Investment Banking team as Managing Director, Head of Healthcare Group.Over the course of his investment banking career spanning 30+ years... Read Story

Davis Polk announced that Sheila Adams, Matthew Bacal, Ning Chiu, Ethan Goldman, David Hahn, Eric McLaughlin, Adam Shpeen, Travis Triano and Steve Wang have been elected partners of the Firm, effective July 1, 2021.Ms. Adams is a member of Davis... Read Story

Patriot Capital, a multi-strategy middle market investment firm, announced the promotion of Sean Bilbrough to Vice President, effective immediately. Bilbrough joined Patriot Capital in June 2018 as a Senior Associate.   "A large degree of our success... Read Story

Tradewind Finance announced that Kevin Gillespie has joined the firm as Vice President, Sales based out of Pittsburgh, PA. Gillespie brings years of experience in the factoring and larger finance industry to the role, where he will be responsible for... Read Story

Runway Growth Capital hired Carmela Thomson to be the firm's first Vice President of Finance and Accounting, and Andy Weyer to the post of Managing Director, Technology for Runway's Origination team.Operating out of the Chicago office, Thomson will... Read Story

Hughes Hubbard & Reed announced that Constantine (Gus) Petropoulos, a mergers and acquisitions lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate practice in the New York office.Petropoulos has significant experience representing private... Read Story

EisnerAmper announced that Mark Brown has joined the firm as a Managing Director in its Forensic, Litigation and Valuation Services (“FLVS”) practice. Brown has 25 years of experience performing economic, accounting and financial analysis, including... Read Story

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital appointed Richard Cheung as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective June 21, 2021.Cheung most recently served as Senior Managing Director and Head of Alternative Investment Accounting at Guggenheim... Read Story

Wells Fargo announced Julie Caperton as head of Wells Fargo Private Bank, a division of Wealth & Investment Management (WIM). This is in addition to Caperton’s current role as head of the Banking, Lending & Trust Center of Excellence for WIM.... Read Story

PacWest Bancorp hired Angela Kelley as their new EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. She will also serve as the EVP, General Counsel for Pacific Western Bank, the wholly-owned banking subsidiary of the Company. Mrs. Kelley comes to the... Read Story

Hughes Hubbard & Reed announced that Remy Gerbay has joined the firm as a partner in the Arbitration group in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.Gerbay’s practice focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration, and related litigation... Read Story

Greystone announced that Ms. Sampada D’silva has joined Greystone as a Deputy Chief Credit Officer, reporting to Scott Thurman, Greystone’s Head of Credit for the FHA lending platform.Ms. D’silva is based in Chicago and will help meet the growing... Read Story

eCapital named Kyle Wilson as Senior Vice President, Sales Director Business Development. Wilson brings more than 13 years of expertise in commercial financing to this role. He will oversee the business development team for eCapital’s Commercial... Read Story

Reitler, a full-service boutique law firm, welcomed Joseph Choi and Vincenzo Paparo to its Lending & Debt Finance practice group. Joseph Choi, joins the firm as Partner, and Vincenzo Paparo joins the firm as Senior Counsel; both will be based in... Read Story

Stroock added partner Michael S. Kosmas to the firm’s D.C. office. A leader in real estate and corporate law for the hospitality industry, Kosmas joins from Kelley Drye & Warren, where he was Deputy Chair of its Global Hospitality and Leisure... Read Story

Axiom Bank expanded its team with the hiring of Sul Hemani as VP, SBA Relationship Manager. In this new role, Hemani will help further grow Axiom Bank’s government-guaranteed lending program by generating new SBA and USDA loans.Hemani has nearly two... Read Story

Bank of America named David Bader as President of Bank of America Austin. Bader succeeds Nikki Graham, who announced her retirement after 27 years of service at the bank.As Austin president, Bader will be responsible for connecting the banking and... Read Story

Annie O’Connor has been named Portfolio Manager at GemCap.  “We recognize that Annie’s strong financial background and in depth knowledge of all facets of asset-based lending makes her the perfect candidate to manage our growing portfolio.  We are... Read Story

Allen & Overy announced that Gordon Mak and Stanimir (Stan) Kostov have joined as partners in A&O’s U.S. Leveraged Finance practice, based in New York. Gordon and Stan join A&O from White & Case LLP, where they worked in the firms’ Debt Finance and... Read Story

Piper Sandler announced the addition of Jeffrey Thomas as a managing director within the healthcare investment banking group. He will cover the MedTech and life science tools and diagnostics space and will be based in the firm’s Boston office.Prior... Read Story

First Business Bank hired Willem (Warren) Baas as Vice President – SBA Lending.“Warren is a great addition to our team,” said Marty Ferguson, Managing Director of SBA Lending. “He’s very passionate about helping small- and medium-sized businesses... Read Story

First Business Bank has promoted Alan McAfee to Chief Banking Operations Officer.“Since he started at First Business Bank, Alan has led several different teams working on important initiatives to improve processes, technology, efficiency, and... Read Story

Coastal States Bank announced that Eric Rivenbark has joined CSB as Commercial Banking Team Leader for the Atlanta region.Eric brings 20 years of commercial banking experience in the Atlanta market to his position with Coastal States Bank. His career... Read Story

Hughes Hubbard & Reed announced that Tom Healey has joined the firm as a partner in its Aviation Finance Group. Healey, a leader in aircraft finance, will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.Healey’s practice focuses on representing... Read Story

KeyCorp announced that James L. Waters will be joining the bank as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective July 6, 2021. Waters will lead Key's Law Group and serve as the company's senior legal officer."James is a seasoned legal... Read Story

Finitive named Andrew Holgate to lead Finitive's European initiatives as the company's Managing Director – Head of Europe. In this UK-based role, Holgate will develop and maintain Finitive's relationships throughout Europe with non-bank lenders... Read Story

Wells Fargo announced that Ulrike Guigui has been named head of Payments Strategy. She will join the company on June 1 and will report to Ather Williams III, Wells Fargo head of Strategy, Digital, and Innovation.In this new position, Guigui will be... Read Story

Sallyport Commercial Finance promoted James Bartel to Senior Vice President of Sales, effective immediately. Bartel has served Sallyport's SME and entrepreneur business owners diligently over the past 4 years, consistently over-achieving while... Read Story

Matt Rupp has joined Troutman Pepper as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. Most recently, Rupp served as a partner at McDermott Will & Emery.Rupp has spent more than 10 years counseling clients on a variety of corporate matters. He focuses... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand appointed Houston-based Michael McGee to lead the newly launched Global Trade and Customs practice. The Global Trade and Customs practice, in conjunction with Mr. McGee’s hiring, demonstrates A&M’s commitment to helping... Read Story

PlainsCapital Bank announced Derrich Rodriguez has joined its San Antonio lending group as Senior Vice President and Senior Commercial Loan Officer.“We’re proud to welcome Derrich to PlainsCapital’s talented team of lenders in San Antonio,” said... Read Story

Axiom Bank promoted Joe Dear to SVP, Commercial Market Executive. In this role, he will be responsible for leading and growing the bank’s Orlando Commercial Banking unit, including Treasury Management.Dear has three decades of experience in... Read Story

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, expanded its Corporate Practice Group with Jason Northcutt in Washington, D.C. He joins as a partner from Bass, Berry & Sims. Northcutt works with leaders in the government contracting, aerospace and defense... Read Story

Sunwest Bank, a privately held, entrepreneurial business bank serving the Western United States, welcomed Chris Tillack as its new Utah Market Area President. In this role, he will provide leadership, oversight and strategic direction of all business... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) bolstered its Restructuring & Turnaround practice in Asia with the appointment of Tod Macri as Senior Advisor, based in Hong Kong. Macri’s appointment augments A&M’s expertise in Restructuring and Insolvency and strengthens the... Read Story

Bank of America named Mark K. Bennett as President of Bank of America Jacksonville. Bennett succeeds Greg Smith, who announced his retirement earlier this month.As Jacksonville president, Bennett will be responsible for connecting the banking and... Read Story

BHI appointed Gal Defes Head of International Commercial & Industrial, High Tech and Investment Services. His banking career spans 15 years in technology and growth sector financing.Defes joins BHI from Bank Leumi USA, where he served most recently... Read Story

BizCap® (Business Capital) expanded its team with the recent addition of Cooper Brown as an Analyst, assisting the credit and capital markets departments with underwriting, syndication, debt market analysis and reporting. “We are very excited to have... Read Story

Sierra Income Corporation announced the promotion of Dean Crowe to Chief Executive Officer and his appointment to the Company's board of directors, effective April 27, 2021. Crowe said, "I am honored to be the new CEO of Sierra, and want to thank the... Read Story

TAB Bank added Ryan D. Gabriel to its business development team as Vice President and Business Development Officer for the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada. In this role, Gabriel will operate from Seattle in the Pacific Northwest, with... Read Story

Winston & Strawn added Rachel Gray as a partner in the firm's New York office and a member of the Leveraged Finance team where she will play a key role in the expansion of the firm's lender designation practice in both the mid and large cap... Read Story

FrontWell Capital Partners (“FrontWell”), a private credit fund that provides transitionary senior debt financing to middle-market companies in the United States and Canada, announced that Nick Bassi has been appointed Vice President, Underwriting... Read Story

Triumph Business Capital appointed Amber Roy as chief operating officer. Roy will report to its chief executive officer, Geoff Brenner.As chief operating officer, Roy will be responsible for Triumph Business Capital’s day-to-day operations, ensuring... Read Story

Peapack-Gladstone Financial and Peapack-Gladstone Bank announced the elevation of Jacqueline Reyes to senior vice president, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) officer at Peapack-Gladstone... Read Story

A group of four attorneys—known for their work in real estate and commercial finance, M&A, licensing, and corporate counseling—has joined Ballard Spahr, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced. Partner Maulin Vidwans and Of Counsel Jennifer Santangelo are... Read Story

Peter J. Rooney, a seasoned M&A and private equity lawyer with nearly 30 years of experience, has joined Stroock’s national Corporate Group as a partner in the New York Office. Peter joins Stroock from Morrison & Foerster, where he was a partner.... Read Story

Banc of California appointed Alex Kweskin as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company and the Bank, effective Monday, May 3, 2021. Mr. Kweskin will be based in Santa Ana and report to Jared Wolff, President and... Read Story

Utica Equipment Finance hired Jim Quirk as Director of Credit and Underwriting.Quirk is responsible for evaluating and underwriting commercial lease and loan requests and managing a designated portfolio of client accounts. He will have significant... Read Story

Ropes & Gray announced that private equity fund formation lawyer Bryan Hunkele has joined the firm’s asset management practice as a partner in New York. Bryan guides clients on their most complex fund sponsor matters in this dynamic and evolving... Read Story

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation and Peapack-Gladstone Bank announce the elevation of Matthew Remo to Senior Vice President, Director of Strategy and Development at Peapack-Gladstone Bank. In his current role, Remo is responsible for the... Read Story

Wilmington Trust announced Fiona Boger will become head of its M&A Shareholder Representative Business, a new product offering from Wilmington Trust. In this role, Fiona will be responsible for the development, strategy, and day-to-day management of... Read Story

Barnes & Thornburg announced the arrival of  Catherine Turgeon as a partner in the firm’s Private Investment Funds and Asset Management practice in New York.Turgeon advises private investment funds and other financial investors in a broad range of... Read Story

Effective April 1, 2021, Mark Baer assumes the role of CEO at Crowe. Baer succeeds Jim Powers, who completed two terms as Crowe CEO, the maximum in accordance with the firm’s partnership agreement. As part of this transition, Baer has appointed... Read Story

FSW Funding promoted Ashton Bennett to the position of Director of Operations. Bennett will oversee the management of the factoring and asset-based lending portfolio. “Ashton’s attention to detail and problem solving were instrumental as FSW... Read Story

TAB Bank added Dustin Jacobson to their business development team as Vice President and Business Development Officer. Dustin is based in Denver and is responsible for sourcing new business opportunities by providing asset-based and factoring working... Read Story

Angel Oak Commercial Lending, a specialty finance company committed to meeting the underserved financing needs of commercial real estate owners, developers and investors, announced the hiring of David Pike as managing director and Bob Forsythe as... Read Story

After more than a half-century of successful banking leadership, Richard A. (Dick) Ehst will retire from his post as President and Chief Executive Officer of Customers Bank, a subsidiary of Customers Bancorp, Inc. Samvir (Sam) Sidhu, currently Vice... Read Story

The law firm of Moritt Hock & Hamroff announced that Scott K. Levine has joined the firm as Counsel. Mr. Levine will continue his practice in the firm’s Creditors’ Rights, Restructuring & Bankruptcy and Secured Lending, Equipment & Transportation... Read Story

Milberg Factors promoted Neil R. Desai to Partner and Senior Vice President at the factoring and commercial finance firm.President Daniel R. Milberg said, “Neil’s proven excellence in managing existing client relationships, attracting new business... Read Story

Capital Farm Credit announced the following additions to its Executive Management Team: Jon Hutchinson was named Chief Credit Officer; Sally Lawson was named Chief Financial Officer; Phil Peabody was named Chief Lending Officer; and Glenn Trant was... Read Story

Blank Rome added three new attorneys to the firm’s Corporate, M&A, and Securities group, notably enhancing the firm’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice: partners Sharon R. Klein, who will serve as chair of the Privacy, Security & Data... Read Story

1st Source Bank promoted Lee Wisler, Specialty Vehicle Lender within the Bank’s Specialty Finance Group, to Assistant Vice President of the Bank. Wisler holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from IU South Bend. In early 2020, he achieved his... Read Story

Axiom Bank named Jordan Wilson as Vice President, Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Loan Relationship Manager. In this role, Wilson will be responsible for generating new leads, loans and deposits by developing relationships with small and midsize... Read Story

Mayer Brown announced that Jason Quintana has joined the firm as a partner in its Mergers & Acquisitions practice in Chicago. Quintana joins from Perkins Coie LLP.  “Jason is a versatile and experienced adviser in the aerospace and defense industries... Read Story

Tradewind Finance announced that Daniel Najman has joined the company as Vice President of Sales based in Miami, Florida. Najman brings years of experience in trade credit insurance and trade logistics to the role, as well as an extensive track... Read Story

Greystone announced that C. Lamar Seats has joined as Senior Vice President, FHA Production, effective immediately. In this role, Seats will oversee origination teams at Greystone handling multifamily, affordable housing and construction finance via... Read Story

Paladin strengthened its leadership team with the addition of new Partner, Sheon Karol. Over his decorated 30-year career, Mr. Karol has developed a unique hybrid skill set as a seasoned transaction and financial advisor in leading both healthy and... Read Story

Sidley Austin announced that Sonia Barros has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Formerly the Chief Corporate Governance Counsel in the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms... Read Story

Essex Bank hired Stanley B. Jones, Jr. as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. The Bank also announced that it has hired Mary B. Randolph as Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Administrator, a newly created position.Mr.... Read Story

Grant Thornton named Beatrix Bernauer as its chief risk and compliance officer, a new role at the firm. In the role, she will design and execute the firm’s enterprise-risk management program and practices, including frameworks and methodologies to... Read Story

Peter Houghton, who has more than 20 years of experience sourcing strategic equity and debt for institutional commercial real estate investors and developers, joined Dekel Capital as Managing Director.  Houghton comes to Dekel from Starcity, an urban... Read Story

BOK Financial announced Kaushik Ponnusamy has been named the successor to retiring Evans Swann and will assume the role of managing director of loan syndications for the organization. Ponnusamy will lead the firm’s existing team of high-quality... Read Story

Morgan Lewis announced the addition of Luis Herrero, who joins from Sidley as a partner resident in the Chicago office. Luis’s move to Morgan Lewis follows the recent arrival of former Sidley global finance practice co-leader Mark Kirsons. “In... Read Story

North Mill Equipment Finance announced the promotion of Mark Bonanno to President, Chief Operating Officer effective immediately.“Mark has been highly influential in helping the business attain record levels of growth since joining the company over... Read Story

Sallyport added Alexandra Scoggin to the company's business development team. Scoggin possesses more than 15 years of experience in factoring and asset-based lending.  Scoggin previously served as Vice President of Business Development at Goodman... Read Story

Patriot National Bancorp announced the reorganization of the SBA team to strengthen its nationwide SBA Business Lending Unit platform. The Bank believes this will assist more Small Businesses in obtaining needed capital.Mr. Gary Griffin has been... Read Story

EisnerAmper has admitted nine new partners effective February 1, 2021.“As our firm continues to grow, both domestically and internationally, these nine professionals possess the essential attributes clients look for and need in a trusted business... Read Story

Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, LLP (A&M Taxand), an affiliate of leading global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), has strengthened its Federal Tax practice with the appointment of Elizabeth “Libby” Goodwin as a Managing Director. Ms.... Read Story

First Business Bank announced the promotions of Chris Doering to Senior Vice President – Commercial Banking and Melissa Fellows, CTP, to Senior Vice President – Treasury Management – Madison Market Leader.“Over the past few years, we were lucky... Read Story

Stonebriar Commercial Finance has added two professionals to the team to support its originations in 2021 and beyond. Cole Bennett has joined the company as Credit Analyst. Bennett graduated from Texas A&M in December 2020 with a BBA in Accounting... Read Story

Bell Bank has hired Laura Orcutt as Senior Vice President/Director of Product, with oversight of strategy, development and operational implementation of financial products for the growing financial company. Orcutt works across Bell’s divisions and... Read Story

Angel Oak Commercial Lending, a specialty finance company committed to meeting the underserved financing needs of commercial real estate owners, developers and investors, welcomed two new hires: Daniel Friedman as senior vice president and Gavin... Read Story

eCapital named James Poston as Chief Sales Officer. Poston brings more than 14 years of expertise in receivables financing and asset-based lending to this role. He will oversee eCapital’s sales strategy, drive business development and create unified... Read Story

Encina Equipment Finance (EEF) promoted Katherine Branch to Chief Risk Officer.As EEF’s Chief Risk Officer, Branch will have responsibility for both new business underwriting and portfolio management duties. She will continue to report to Rick Matte... Read Story

EisnerAmper announced the following leadership appointments within its Technology and Life Sciences Services Group, effective January 1, 2021.  Marc Fogarty: National Biotech Sector Leader - Marc is an audit partner with more than 20 years of... Read Story

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners ("LLCP") expanded its U.S. Investment Originations Team with the hiring of Debbie Habib as a Director. Habib will be based in LLCP's New York office and is responsible for the origination of new investment... Read Story

Briar Capital Real Estate Fund, a nationwide commercial real estate lender focused on the asset-based lending space, has promoted Leah Goldberg to Chief Financial Officer. In addition to this expanded role, Goldberg will continue to share in Briar’s... Read Story

eCapital promoted Jaime Gillespie to chief human resources officer. In her new role, Gillespie will oversee employee engagement, talent management and leadership development, as well as alignment of the company’s diverse workforce and establishment... Read Story

CapFlow Funding Group announced the appointment of Tom Harris as Senior Vice President of Business Development. Based in Chicago, IL, Harris will drive new business efforts in both the Midwest and nationwide. “Tom brings 25 years of commercial... Read Story

Portage Point Partners announced that Anuj Saxena has joined the firm as a Managing Director.Saxena has two decades of experience leading cost and operations transformation across product management, R&D, Sales, Marketing and G&A. “Anuj has helped... Read Story

Peoples Bank announced the appointment of Rob Camandona as a Vice President and Commercial Banking Officer in the Bellingham Commercial Banking Group. Rob brings over a decade of experience in the financial services industry, having served as a... Read Story