The Firm is representing Finance of America Companies in connection with its proposed business combination with Replay Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: RPLA), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, that will result in Finance of America Companies becoming a publicly listed company with a projected $1.9 billion equity valuation.
Finance of America Companies is an end-to-end consumer lending and services platform which seamlessly connects borrowers with investors. Product offerings include mortgages, reverse mortgages, and loans to residential real estate investors distributed across retail, third party network, and digital channels.
The Simpson Thacher team includes Elizabeth Cooper, Michael Chao, Benjamin Bodurian, Paul Bolaji and Carina Kan (M&A); Josh Bonnie, Will Golden, Patrick McCamy, Claire DiMario, Jesse Schulman and Samantha Sergent (Capital Markets); Charles Mathes (Public Company Advisory Practice); Jonathan Ozner and Tony Rim (Debt Financing); Jon Goldstein, Sophie Staples and Eli Shalam (Tax); Greg Grogan and Jason Fixelle (ECEB); Amber Harezlak (IP); and Peter Guryan and Kelly Karapetyan (Antitrust).