Michael Schwartz

Michael Schwartz is the editor of Richmond BizSense, and covers banking, lawsuits, finance, M&A and golf. He can be reached at [email protected] or 804-855-1037.

Downtown gets a fox den

Middleburg Bank opened its first local branch last week.

DealFlow: M&A Roundup for 11.11.11

Tons of action this month as local companies acquired new firms while others sold off parts of their businesses. And busy investment banks including Dominion Partners, Harris Williams and BB&T Capital Markets.

14 strokes against golf club deal

Just when it looked like a bankrupt local golf club and its members were about to settle their differences, 14 members went rogue.

Fan tech firm expands in NoVa, Philly

A fast growing local tech company has expanded in Northern Virginia and will soon open a new office in Philadelphia.

That’s a wrap

Two Virginia investment firms last week acquired the last remaining local holdings of an Indiana plastics company.

The R&D Dept.: Local Patents for 11.9.11

A Midlothian man has invented a new kind of sports shoulder pads. A Colonial Heights company patented an air freshener device. Plus, patents from Capital One, Afton Chemical and Phillip Morris.

Local companies find safe harbor in Boathouse

A Pennsylvania investment firm has acquired a majority stake of two local companies, combined them and packed the resulting company with fresh cash for expansion. And a Richmond investment bank helped put the deal together.