Syndicate Legal & Financial

MORTGAGE LENDER LEGAL & COMPLIANCE:​

 

Today's mortgage industry is extremely detailed orientated and highly specialized. In the Mortgage Compliance and Licensing arena. We are able to offer counsel to newly formed and existing mortgage lenders on compliance issues including:  

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• Licensing & Qualification - both initial licensing & licensing administration 

• Federal Consumer Credit Laws, including TILA, RESPA, HMDA, FDCPA, FCRA (as amended by the FACT Act)

• Multi-State Mortgage Brokering, Lending, Servicing and Debt Collector Laws

• Federal & Multi-State Financial Privacy, Security & Identity Theft Law

• Federal & Multi-State Advertising Laws & Disclosure requirements

• Corporate Compliance under Sarbanes-Oxley

 

In the Mortgage Secondary Market arena, we are able to provide a complete range of services, including (but not being limited to):

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• Mortgage-Backed Securities & Structures

• Correspondent Lending & Warehouse Financing Structures

• Conduit Financing

• Loan Participations 

• Whole Loan Sales

• Security Registrations

• Securities Disclosure Matters

• Capital Markets Support

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In matters requiring litigation, our network of attorneys can provide comprehensive services for litigation and default servicing matters including (but not being limited to):

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• California Unfair Business Practice (17200) Defense 

• Class Action Defense

• Defense of a wide range of claims including (but not being limited to):

  • Federal: TILA, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and Fair Debt Collections Practices

  • State Law: Violation of Consumer Protection Laws, Predatory Lending, Wrongful Foreclosure, and Loan Origination Fraud. 

  • Loan Repurchase Demands

  • Pursuing Claims against Borrowers, Brokers or Appraisers for Fraud

  • Enforcement of Operating Agreements including (but not being limited to) Loan Representative, Loan Broker, Branch Manager, Correspondent Lender, Whole Loan Purchase and Warehouse Lender. 

  • Business Disputes including (but not being limited to) Contract Actions, Business Torts and Unfair Competition

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In the Corporate, Securities & Capital Markets arena, we offer unparallel services for:

• Corporation Formation & Maintenance

• Private Placements 

• Public Offerings & Capital Market Listings 

• Mergers & Acquisition s

• Corporate Disclosure 

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