Simpson Thacher is representing Bayview Asset Management in connection with its agreement to acquire Guild Holdings Co. for $20.00 per share (plus a special dividend of up to $0.25 per share prior to closing), in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion in aggregate equity value. Upon completion of the transaction, Guild will operate as a privately held independent entity in close partnership with Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, a leading mortgage servicer and Bayview affiliate.
Guild is a nationally recognized independent mortgage lender providing residential mortgage products and local in-house origination and servicing. Guild services a portfolio of over $94 billion of residential mortgage loans.
Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC is a leading mortgage loan servicer in the U.S. with over 2.8 million customers.
The Simpson Thacher team includes Lee Meyerson, Ravi Purushotham, Oleg Stratiev, Wells Hamilton and Dio Rodriguez (M&A), Andrew Blau, Harry Hudesman, Josh Goldman and Nicolas Deguines (ECEB), Andrew Purcell and Elizabeth Trask (Tax), Peter Guryan, Rick Jamgochian and Kelly Karapetyan (Antitrust), Carleigh Rodriguez and Noreen Lavan (Environmental), Krista McManus (Real Estate), and Caroline Geiger, Christine Song and Isabella Gonzalez (Intellectual Property).