NEW YORK & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twin Brook Capital Partners, the middle-market direct lending subsidiary of Angelo, Gordon & Co., today announced that Christopher Martin and Pete Notter, former Directors at Madison Capital Funding, have joined Twin Brook as Managing Directors. Twin Brook also announced today that Therese Icuss and Kim Trick, former Directors at Chase Capital, a division of JPMorgan Chase Bank, have joined the firm as Vice Presidents.
“We’re excited to welcome Chris, Pete, Therese and Kim to Twin Brook. The industry expertise and skills they bring to the firm allow us to continue broadening our highly experienced team and further position us to better serve our borrowers and private equity clients in the U.S. middle-market,” said Christopher Williams, a Partner at Twin Brook. “With over $1.6 billion of buying power, we are excited about Twin Brook’s next phase of growth and are pleased to add such accomplished, experienced new members to our team.”
“The Twin Brook team now includes 21 highly skilled professionals with expertise across various sectors, including Aerospace & Defense, Insurance & Financial Services, and Healthcare,” said Trevor Clark, also a Partner at Twin Brook. “We are extremely pleased with the strong reception the Twin Brook platform has received from the middle market private equity community. We look forward to continuing to grow our market share as we enter into the second half of 2016.”
Christopher Martin joins Twin Brook from Madison Capital Funding where he was responsible for client relationship management, business development and underwriting, in which capacity he managed originating and structuring transactions with middle-market private equity sponsors. Prior to Madison Capital, Chris held various positions within Comerica Bank's Private Equity and Middle Market Banking groups.
Pete Notter also joins Twin Brook from Madison Capital Funding, where he spent ten years working in a variety of roles including relationship management, structuring, underwriting, and portfolio management. While at Madison Capital, Pete was a founder of the firm's Micro Cap lending initiative. Prior to that, he was relationship manager at National City Bank (predecessor to PNC Bank) in its Midwest Corporate Banking Group. Pete began his career at Bank of America.
Therese Icuss joins Twin Brook from Chase Capital where her primary responsibilities included originating, structuring, underwriting and managing senior and subordinated loans to private equity-owned and privately-owned middle-market companies in North America across a broad range of industries. Prior to joining Chase Capital, she worked at JPMorgan Chase Bank covering middle market as a credit analyst.
Kim Trick also joins from Chase Capital where her responsibilities included originating, evaluating, structuring, executing and managing senior and junior cash flow loans to privately-owned and sponsor-owned middle-market companies across a broad range of industries throughout North America. Prior to joining Chase Capital, Kim worked at JPMorgan’s Investment Bank.
Twin Brook focuses on loans to companies with EBITDA between $3 million and $50 million. The firm recently completed its 32nd platform financing and has committed over $800 million of capital to companies since May 2015. Throughout their careers, Twin Brook’s leadership team has successfully closed over 1,100 transactions with over 200 different middle-market private equity firms. Twin Brook is led by Trevor Clark and Christopher Williams, two of the original founders of Madison Capital Funding. Other Twin Brook Partners and Principals include Richard Christensen, Grant Haggard, Faraaz Kamran, Drew Guyette and Jessica Nels.
About Twin Brook Capital Partners
Twin Brook Capital Partners is a finance company focused on providing cash-flow based financing solutions for the middle-market private equity community. The firm is managed by highly experienced, dedicated professionals who have successfully worked together throughout their careers at leading middle-market lending institutions. Twin Brook’s flexible product suite allows for tailored financing solutions for leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, add-on acquisitions, growth capital and other situations.
About Angelo, Gordon & Co.
Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. is a privately held limited partnership founded in November 1988, and currently manages approximately $26 billion. The Firm's investment focus centers around three core competencies - credit, real estate, and private equity. Angelo, Gordon has approximately 370 employees, approximately 140 of whom are investment professionals, and is headquartered in New York, with associated offices elsewhere in the US, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.angelogordon.com.