Mergers & Acquisitions

BuckleySandler frequently acts as deal counsel for clients in the acquisition or disposition of banks and financial services businesses, including loans or servicing rights portfolios, and companies in other industry segments. In the financial services area, we have represented clients in transactions involving:

• Banking institutions
• Mortgage lenders and servicers
• Lending or leasing companies
• Consumer finance and credit card issuers
• Servicing and collection companies
• Related service organizations such as:
  • Appraisers
  • Title search companies
  • Flood certification companies
  • Settlement firms
  • Tax firms
  • Documents preparation enterprises

BuckleySandler lawyers possess substantial experience in analyzing potential deals and regularly conduct regulatory and legal due diligence and other risk assessments for clients considering acquisitions or strategic alliances with other financial services companies.

We frequently assist clients 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 directly, through an auction/bid process, or under bankruptcy proceedings. We frequently handle the regulatory approvals and public disclosure matters arising in these transactions.

In addition, we provide advice in connection with transactions for which we serve as corporate or special Washington counsel to law firms throughout the country with respect to regulatory issues related to mergers and acquisitions and bankruptcy reorganizations.