Financial Services Focus

In this episode of Mayer Brown's Financial Services Focus, real estate partner Michael Weiss and Michael Cohen of Brighton Capital Advisors discuss the current state of the U.S. distressed commercial real estate market, with particular emphasis on CMBS and CLO loan workouts. The conversation explores why multifamily, office, and hotel assets face mounting pressure from high interest rates, overlev...

In this episode of Financial Services Focus , Mayer Brown partner Lauren Pryor is joined by John Guzzo, Managing Director at Houlihan Lokey; Dan Thompson, CEO of Preferred Mortgage Services ; Romalene Tolentino, Founding Partner of Preferred Mortgage Services; and Rajesh Bhat, Board Member of Preferred Mortgage Services and former founder and CEO of Roostify, for a wide-ranging conversation on the...

Summary: In this episode of Financial Services Focus, Kris Kully and EY Managing Director of Financial Services Brian Clark discuss the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposed rule under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and its implications for financial institutions. They explore the nuances of disparate impact, the role of special purpose credit programs, and the marketing practic...

The United States has had a one cent coin since the founding of the nation and on Wednesday, November 12, the last American penny will be minted. Even though the relative value of one cent declined to the point that many would forego picking pennies up from the street, the concept of a cent remains a key part of commercial transactions. In the absence of legislation, the official, financial and co...

Dividend arbitrage is a long-standing, historic issue in the financial services industry. It continues to impact businesses in numerous jurisdictions across Europe and has the potential to affect more- including in the United States- following recent successful lawsuits involving pension funds. This episode of our Financial Services Focus updates on developments following our June 2025 webinar.  

The podcast dives into the fast-evolving world of stablecoins, explaining how these dollar-pegged digital assets are transforming payments with speed, transparency, and fractional flexibility. We also delve into the GENIUS Act's bold framework, which would create bespoke AML and sanctions obligations for permitted payment stablecoin issuers—moving beyond the awkward "square peg, round hole" of leg...

In this episode of the Financial Services Focus Podcast, we'll examine changes in federal enforcement actions, financial penalties, and what these signal for the future under the Trump Administration. Additionally, we discuss the emergence of new risks—such as the expanded use of the False Claims Act in areas like DEI lawsuits, tariff evasion, and healthcare fraud.

In this episode, our host Lauren Pryor is joined by Chris Gough and Michael Linger from Houlihan Lokey to discuss recent trends in Mortgage M&A, including consolidation among originators and servicers and developments in PropTech.

In this episode, host Lauren Pryor and her colleagues discuss the recent actions by FinCEN, which designated three Mexican financial institutions as primary money laundering concerns under the expanded Section 311 authority, strengthened by the Fend Off Fentanyl Act. This designation aims to disrupt fentanyl-related financial crime by prohibiting U.S. financial institutions from processing transac...

In this episode of Financial Services Focus , Lauren Pryor and her colleagues discuss a recent Delaware Chancery Court opinion that reinforces Delaware's pro-sandbagging stance in M&A transactions. This conversation covers the implications of this ruling, particularly regarding the interpretation of representations and warranties, the use of transaction multiples for calculating damages, and key t...

Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus, with partner Lauren Pryor, co-lead of the Financial Services Product Team, and Brad Peterson, a partner at the firm's Chicago office and member of the Technology & IP Transactions practice. They are joined by John Guzzo and Ted Conway, Managing Directors at KBW, to dive into the evolving world of mortgage servicing technology trends. Together,...

Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus with partner Eric Mitzenmacher and associate Kerri Webb, as they discuss the CFPB's recently proposed FCRA rulemaking, which, if finalized as proposed, would affect the availability and use of certain information about consumers—particularly with respect to data brokers. In this episode, we provide some background on the proposed data broker ru...

Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus with partners Gina Parlovecchio and Matthew Bisanz, and associate Kelly Truesdale, as they discuss FinCEN's recent confirmation that reporting companies are not required to file beneficial ownership reports for as long as the current nationwide injunction of the CTA remains in effect. In this episode, we cover how we got here, the court's reaso...

Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus with partner Martin Heuber, leader of the German office's Banking & Finance practice. In this episode, we discuss the impact of current events in Europe on the private debt market in Germany, particularly how these developments are affecting the quality of transactions handled by alternative lenders, and why debt funds are entering the market r...

Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus with partner Susannah Schmid and associate Jenna Siebold from Mayer Brown's Banking & Finance practice in Chicago, as they discuss the traditional plain-vanilla structure for mortgage loan warehousing, shifts and trends they are seeing in this structure, and key considerations when transitioning to SPV LLCs and trusts as repo counterparties.

Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus with Mayer Brown partners Airlie Goodman (London) and Archis Parasharami (Washington, DC), who co-lead Mayer Brown's class action and collective actions practice, as they explore the growing risks posed by the rise of collective action regimes across the UK and Europe. Airlie and Archis discuss the need for financial services institutions with...

Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus with Mayer Brown Partner, David Beam, and Houlihan Lokey Managing Director, Kartik Sudeep. Beam and Sudeep discuss developments in the payments industry, real-time payments and cross-border transactions, alongside concerns about fraud and the evolving regulatory landscape the integration of FinTech and banks, regulatory compliance's impact on a...

In this episode of Financial Services Focus, Eric Edwardson, Lauren Pryor and Chris Smith discuss selected key terms of purchase and sale agreements for residential mortgage servicing rights, exploring the typical perspectives and concerns of buyers and sellers. 

Join us for the latest episode of Financial Services Focus as Andy Demko and Archis Parasharami discuss how consumer arbitration became popular among U.S. businesses in response to class actions from the late 90s onward. The 2011 Supreme Court ruling in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion changed how arbitration waive class actions under federal law. They examine the emergence of mass arbitration and how...

Mayer Brown Partners Ana Bruder, Justin Herring, and Oliver Yaros focus on cybersecurity risks and regulations in the EU and UK. They explore third-party risks, ransomware incidents, and the impact of AI, while examining how DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) reshapes compliance for financial institutions. They emphasize the critical need for risk management frameworks and highlight the evo...

Join us for the latest episode of Financial Services Focus for a discussion of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's recent Humphrey-Hawkins testimony before the House Financial Services Committee and Senate Banking Committee. Andrew Olmem and Jeff Taft dive into Powell's insights regarding the future of the Basel endgame proposal and the long-term debt proposal.

Join us for this episode of Financial Services Focus, where Lauren Pryor, Eric Edwardson, Haukur Gudmundsson and Krista Cooley dive into considerations for MSR (Mortgage Servicing Rights) fund investments and outline the complexities of MSR fund investments, touching on market structures, licensing requirements, and acquisition strategies. They discuss the trade-offs between building or buying ser...

Join us for this episode of Financial Services Focus, where Lauren Pryor, Holly Spencer Bunting and Darius Horton delve into the rising popularity of home equity products, discussing how these offerings provide homeowners with cash without requiring monthly payments, outlining the financing challenges and regulatory considerations involved.

Join us on the latest episode of Financial Services Focus as Justin Herring, Jeff Taft and Ana Bruder discuss key cyber threats facing the financial services industry, including third-party risks, sophisticated ransomware, and AI-powered attacks.  It examines the evolving and rapidly expanding regulatory landscape, with a complex mix of federal and state rules focused on areas like governance, ris...

Join us for the first episode of Mayer Brown's Financial Services Focus series. Financial Services Focus will provide updates on the key legal issues affecting financial products across legal disciplines. This podcast series will dive into the regulatory and policy updates in the marketplace, plus novel transactions and financing structures, and trends in enforcement and litigation, whether in the...