Mergers & Acquisitions

We act as deal counsel for clients in the acquisition or disposition of financial services businesses (including loans or servicing rights portfolios), as well as companies in other industry segments. In the financial services area, we have represented clients in transactions involving mortgage, lending or leasing companies, consumer finance and credit card issuers, banking institutions, servicing and collection companies, and related service organizations such as appraisal, title search, flood certification, settlement, tax, and documents preparation enterprises.

We possess substantial expertise in analyzing potential deals and conducting due diligence, and in negotiating, documenting and closing mergers, asset sales and stock purchases. Our experience covers transactions with privately-owned and publicly-traded companies, whether they are negotiated either directly, through an auction/bid process, or under bankruptcy proceedings. We frequently handle the regulatory approvals and public disclosure matters arising in these transactions.

Representative transactions in which our attorneys have represented clients are:

• Asset acquisition of a loan servicing platform by a top-tier mortgage conduit company

• Asset acquisition of a special mortgage servicing company by a top-tier mortgage lender

• Stock acquisition of non-prime wholesale mortgage lender by top-tier consumer finance company

• Stock acquisition of diversified settlement services provider

• Asset acquisition of non-prime direct marketing mortgage lender

• Stock-Sale of mortgage lending subsidiary by top-tier consumer finance company

• $1.2B merger of broadcast and cable TV operator with major media entertainment company

• $15MM merger of insulated container company into diversified packaging company

• $800MM stock acquisition of electronic financial markets data company by newspaper publishing interests

• Asset acquisitionof book publisher by another book publisher

• Asset sale of book publisher business segment

• $20MM stock sale of managed health care provider to private equity firm

• $50MM stock sale of auto parts manufacturer to auto parts roll up company

• Stock acquisition of remaining interest in owner/operator of five-star hotel and related hospitality properties

• $12MM asset sale of precision auto parts manufacturer

• $90MM stock acquisition of TV programming company by consortium of cable system operators

• Asset acquisition of agricultural equipment (deal terms private)

(Note: Transaction size not shown where confidential.)