Encina Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on specialized lending and leasing platforms, and an affiliate of certain funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management LP have launched Encina Business Credit LLC (EBC) , an independent asset-based lending platform targeting middle market borrowers...

Howard Brod Brownstein of The Brownstein Corporation has been appointed as an independent director of Pico Holdings Inc., which has business segments that acquire and develop water resource and storage operations in the Southwest and real estate operations in California, Washington, North and South...

Alabama James B. Bailey, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Daniel D. Sparks, Christian & Small LLP Arizona Jeffrey M. Hoelzel, Glocal Nexus Jim E. Zemezonak, Boulder Realty Advisors Brazil Fernando Nogueira, TCP Latam Roberto Profili, TCP Latam California - Northern Dan Clayton, Liquid Capital...

David A. Agay has been named the new managing member of the Chicago office of McDonald Hopkins LLC , succeeding Richard N. Kessler, who served as the managing member in Chicago since 2007. Agay, a corporate restructuring attorney who joined the firm in 2011, previously served as the Chicago office’...

Alabama Jack N. Roby III, 
 Fountain Parker Harbarger & Associates LLC Ryan Thompson, 
Maynard Cooper & Gale PC James Warboys, Linklaters LLP Arizona Tanner Herrick, 
First American Title Insurance Co. Anoop K. Kumar, Maricopa County Lauren Peterson, 
GlassRatner Advisory & Capital...

Douglas K. Brown , director of development for ASTI Environmental in Brighton, Michigan, recently received the Robert Sieghart Award for Enthusiasm for the Economic Development Profession during the Michigan Economic Developers Association Annual Conference. The award recognizes individuals who...

Arizona Matthew Gilbreath, Alliance Bank of Arizona Atlanta Elissa Barratt, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia Matthew R. Dossey, Aurora Management Partners Inc. Travis R. Hunt, Citizens Commercial Banking John Karg, Hagen Realty Group Kenneth Saffold, Tennenbaum Capital Partners...

Kim Attends Made in America Day at the White House Gordon Sign , the nation’s oldest sign company and an ongoing turnaround story, was selected to represent Colorado at a recent Made in America Product Showcase at the White House. Gordon Sign was joined by other small manufacturers, such as the...

Arizona Rollin Johnson, NOW CFO Scott Lazarus, Heritage Global Valuations Lewis E. Rieck, Chase Tyler A. Wible, Amerisource Funding Inc. Atlanta Michael C. Bagley, Action Capital Corporation Bowen K. Flowers, Phoenix Management Services LLC Alexander S. Frumkin, Guggenheim Securities LLC Jeff...

Marc J. Carmel has joined Longford Capital , a litigation finance firm, as a director in Chicago. Carmel practiced law for 17 years, most recently with Paul Hastings LLC, representing clients in restructurings and bankruptcies involving companies throughout the U.S. Now, Carmel focuses on deploying...