Mortgage M&A Podcast by Mayer Brown

Mayer Brown partners Andrew Noreuil, Michael Gill and Brian Massengill discuss two recent decisions of the Delaware Supreme Court regarding the ability of parties to limit their liability for fraud in an M&A transaction and the insurability of fraud under a directors and officers liability insurance policy.

Mayer Brown partners Andrew Noreuil and Joseph Castelluccio and associate Ryan Ferris discuss the ordinary course of business in the shadow of the pandemic, focusing on the recent Delaware Court ruling that measures resulted in breach of covenant.

Mayer Brown partners Mark Ryan, William Stallings and Scott Perlman discuss antitrust issues in the dynamic fintech industry, specifically relating to mergers and acquisitions.

Corporate/M&A partner Joe Castelluccio and senior associate Jenna Miller discuss pre-closing covenants in M&A transactions in the wake of the pandemic. They discuss why these pre-closing restrictions can have an outsized impact on deals in this environment and ways to address this impact.

Corporate/M&A partners Paul Crimmins and Jennifer Keating and Litigation partner Brian Massengill discuss some key considerations for M&A practitioners in pending transactions, whether closed deals may be “repriced” and areas in which post-closing disputes may arise. This topic is likely to generate significant interest in the industry in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and related global financial crisis. Recorded on May 4, 2020 (prior to the resolution of the Victoria's Secret litigation).

M&A partners Paul Crimmins and Jennifer Keating and counsel Rebecca Seidl discuss non-cash considerations in post COVID-19 M&A.

M&A partners and co-leaders of Mayer Brown’s transactional liability insurance practice Joe Castelluccio and William Kucera discuss some key considerations for insurers and buyers in using representations and warranties insurance in Section 363 transactions, a topic that is likely to generate significant interest in the transactional liability insurance industry in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and related global financial crisis.

US-based partners Nina Flax, leader of our Northern California Corporate & Securities practice, Steve Kaplan, co-leader for the firm's Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement group, Joe Pennell, a Technology Transactions partner active in both fintech M&A and bank/fintech partnership transactions, and Libby Raymond, co-head of the Financial Institutions M&A and Fintech groups, discuss the top 10 due diligence pitfalls for fintech transactions.

Associate Quinncy McNeal moderates a discussion among partners Gonçalo Falcão and Paulo Rage, and special counsel Norman Nadorff on current trends and developments in Mozambique.

M&A partners Paul Chen, William Kucera, Andrew Noreuil and Jodi Simala and associate Cade Cross, along with Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation partner Debra Hoffman, discuss corporate governance issues for directors to consider as their companies respond to the challenges and risks posed by the pandemic.

Mayer Brown lawyers discuss the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the US M&A market and key considerations for buyers and sellers. M&A partners Marc Harrison and Peter Wolf and associate Thomas De Gregoris give the buyers’ perspective while M&A partners Paul Chen and Paul Crimmins and associate Thomas Wu highlight the sellers.

Elizabeth Raymond, co-head of the Financial Institutions M&A and Fintech groups, focuses on the current state of the fintech M&A market. During this podcast, she discusses what factors were driving the M&A upswing preceding the COVID-19 crisis and what are the short-term issues for fintech businesses post-COVID.

M&A partners Joseph Castelluccio, Nina Flax, Andrew Noreuil, Jodi Simala, and associate Laura McKenzie highlight how the pandemic is impacting activism. During this podcast, they consider historical precedent and discuss some practical suggestions that companies can take now to prepare for activist campaigns that may arise in the near term.

M&A partners and co-leaders of Mayer Brown’s Transactional Liability Insurance practice Joe Castelluccio and William Kucera, along with Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Robert Harrell and associate Andrew Elkhoury, discuss how the pandemic is impacting transactional insurance coverage in US M&A deals and some key considerations for insurers and buyers of insurance in placing insurance coverage and dealing with claims in this environment.

M&A partners Joe Castelluccio, William Kucera and Jodi Simala, along with Antirust partner William Stallings and counsel Meytal McCoy, highlight how the outbreak is impacting US M&A transactions and discuss some key considerations in thinking about US M&A issues in light of the pandemic.

Partners Nina Flax, Michelle Gross and Melissa Richards, of our Northern California offices, discuss the impact of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) on M&A transactions.

Associate Quinncy McNeal, based in our Houston office, moderates a discussion between partner Goncalo Falcao and special counsel Norman Nadorff, both based in our Rio de Janeiro office, on current trends and developments in Angola relating to M&A energy transactions.

Mayer Brown partners Rod Brown, based located in Singapore, and David Harrison, located in Vietnam, focus on M&A transactions relating to financial institution groups in Southeast Asia.

Mayer Brown partners Paul de Bernier, Mark Ryan and William Stallings, located in the United States, discuss antitrust matters in the context of M&A transactions, including a focus on the current administration�s policies and approaches, as well as provide insight on antitrust considerations more generally.

Mayer Brown partner Charles-Albert Helleputte and associate Diletta De Cicco, located in Brussels, discuss cyber and privacy trends in M&A transactions developing in the continental Continental EU.

Mayer Brown partners Christian Fabian, Stephen Lilley and Lei Shen, located in the United States, focus on data privacy and cybersecurity issues in M&A transactions.

Mayer Brown partner Marco Wilhelm and counsel Vanessa Klesy and Bjorn Vollmuth, all located in the Frankfurt office, provide insight on the transfer of undertakings and protection of employment in asset deals in Germany.

Mayer Brown partners Daniel Gunzburger and Michel Sancovski, located in the Sao Paulo office, discuss compliance trends in M&A transactions in Brazil after its recent presidential election.

Mayer Brown partners Nina Flax and Rohith George provide insight on the state of tech innovation in the mortgage industry, types of technologies that are in play, and issues that arise for both buyers and sellers in Mortgage Tech M and A deals.

William Kucera, a Mayer Brown partner, Robert Clark, Vice President and head of the Alternative Solutions Group at Everest Insurance, and Nancy Rodrigues, a consultant who has worked with Transactional Risk and other structured insurance products as both an underwriter and a broker, provide insight on representation and warranty insurance for mortgage and other financial services transactions.

Stacey Riggin, a government affairs advisor and director of licensing in Mayer Brown's Washington DC office and a member of the Consumer Financial Services group, and Keisha Whitehall Wolfe, counsel in Mayer Brown's Washington DC office and a member of the Consumer Financial Services group, provide insight on state and agency federal approvals.

Mayer Brown partners Lauren Pryor and Jason Wagenmaker discuss material business terms such as purchase price, covenants, indemnification and survival.

Laurence Platt, a Mayer Brown partner, and Jeffrey M. Levine, a managing director and co-head of Houlihan Lokey's Financial Institutions Group, provide an introduction on trends in mortgage M&A.

Mayer Brown partners Lauren Pryor and Elizabeth Raymond, along with Robert Losquadro, vice president at Houlihan Lokey, cover financial institutions and provide insight on build-it and buy-it strategies.

Holly Spencer Bunting and David Tallman, partners in Mayer Brown's Consumer Financial Services group, focus on diligence and regulatory compliance matters.