The SecLink Awards winner is committing $130 million across five existing Blackford portfolio companies.
The strategy, anchored by a Korean institutional investor, has adopted an evergreen semi-liquid structure aimed at capturing emerging credit secondary opportunities throughout the cycle.
The European growth buyout investment manager closed a €635 million multi-asset CV earlier this year.
The New York-based asset manager entered private credit in 2024 by acquiring Avenue Capital's team and five funds with approximately $500 million in commitments.
The UK accountancy group is reportedly valued at more than £1 billion, with Penta retaining management of the asset after abandoning an earlier sale.
The oversubscribed vehicle holds 134,000 net royalty acres in the Permian Basin, generating approximately 37,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.
The single-asset vehicle for Dutch technical services provider VDK saw investors representing more than 40% of EMK Fund I's capital elect to roll over.
Churchill previously arranged financing for GenNx360's acquisition of the food services provider in 2021.
The transaction allows the Minneapolis-based firm to retain majority ownership of an 18-building infill industrial portfolio in Atlanta.
The vehicle is set to acquire the firm's 20% stake in the asset, reportedly valued at around €170 million.
