Turned to by underwriter and issuer clients alike, Mayer Brown provides advice on a wide range of investment products, from private investment to stocks, equity-linked and debt securities, and funds. Referred to as ‘highly skilled, intelligent, and well-versed on current trends’, New-York based securities law expert Anna Pinedo leads the practice, focusing primarily on equity-linked and debt securities. Ryan Castillo, also in New York counts investment banks as core clients. The team routinely handles cross-border senior secured notes offerings and repurchasings. The practice has seen an uptick in convertible bond issuance, a domain of strength for practitioners, alongside exchange offers and tender offers.
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‘Aggressive and knowledgeable partners who know how to get deals to the finish line, even when there are unexpected hurdles.’
‘Ryan Castillo and Anna Pinedo are highly skilled, intelligent, and well-versed on current trends. They are thus valuable to our business.’
Key clients
- Amherst Holdings, LLC
- Banco BBVA Perú
- Bayview Asset Management
- Cando Rail & Terminals Ltd.
- Carrington Holding Company
- Deloitte LLP
- Equify Financial
- GATX Corporation
- Outbrain Inc.
- Plastipak
- Post Brothers Holdings LLC
- Onity Group Inc. (formerly Ocwen Financial Corporation)
- Regents Capital Corporation
- Republic Finance
- Republic of Indonesia
- Tenneco Inc.
- Triton Container International Limited
- Tronox Inc.
- Türk Ekonomi Bankası
- US Foods, Inc.
Work highlights
Advised Onity Group Inc., formerly Ocwen Financial Corp., and its subsidiary PHH Corporation on a Rule144A/Regulation S $500 million offering of 9.875% Senior Notes due 2029 issued by PHH Corporation’s wholly owned special purpose subsidiary, PHH Escrow Issuer LLC.
Acted for The Fortegra Group, Inc as underwriters counsel in its $150 million offering of 9.25% Fixed Rate Resetting Junior Subordinated Notes due 2064.
Represented Carrington Holding Company in connection with a private placement of $128 million of high yield Senior Secured Notes.
Practice head
Anna Pinedo
Other key lawyers
Ryan Castillo; John Berkery