Antares Capital announced the appointment of Peter Nolan to senior managing director, head of Loan Syndicate, Sales and Trading. Effective January 1, 2017, Nolan will take the place of Kevin Burke, who will retire after more than 40 years in the industry.

Nolan brings more than 25 years of experience to his new role. He joined Antares in 2015 after serving two years at GE Capital as part of the Capital Markets team. Prior to GE, Nolan worked for 14 years as a managing director on the Leveraged Finance Capital Markets desk at J.P. Morgan and its predecessor organizations. Earlier in his career, he held various leveraged finance positions at Bankers Trust. Nolan holds an honors degree in economics from Trinity College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

“Peter is a natural leader with in-depth finance and capital markets expertise,” said David Brackett, managing partner and co-CEO of Antares. “We are proud to have one of the top loan syndicate, sales and trading teams in the middle market, and we look forward to Peter’s continued contributions as he takes on this new role. We would also like to express our gratitude to Kevin for his extraordinary contributions to our business and the industry as a whole.”

Antares Capital is a leading provider of financing solutions for middle-market, private equity-backed transactions with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Norwalk (Connecticut) and Toronto. Antares has facilitated more than $120 billion in financing over the past five years. Antares was named 2015 Dealmakers of the Year and 2014 Lender of the Year by Mergers & Acquisitions.