Michael Flynn is Co-Chair of Buchalter’s Financial Services Regulatory Group, and its Consumer Financial Services and Mortgage Regulatory Industry Group. Mr. Flynn applies his unique background as the former Acting General Counsel of HUD, and the former General Counsel of PNC Mortgage and Flagstar Bank, to counsel clients on a variety of regulatory, mortgage, consumer financial services, FinTech and real estate matters, including:
- Mortgage and consumer financial services regulatory – advising clients on federal and state legal requirements for originations and servicing, including licensing, TILA, RESPA, ECOA, HMDA, FCRA, TCPA, SCRA, MLA, and LO Comp, and state laws such as the California Financing Law, the California Homeowners Bill of Rights and the New York Financial Services Law.
- Bank Regulatory, both state and federal.
- Mortgage secondary market transactions – whole loan sales (bulk and flow) and Mortgage Servicing Rights sales, as well as broker and correspondent lender agreements.
- Mortgage and consumer financial services contracts, including marketing services, with service providers and vendors for originators and servicers.
- FinTech – product development, FinTech – bank partnerships, licensing, and FinTech vendor and service provider contracts.
- Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, procedures and requirements.
- Interactions with/responding to federal and state regulators and GSEs, including the CFPB, OCC, Fed, FDIC, FHFA, state regulators such as the California Department of Business Oversight and the New York Department of Financial Services, as well as GSEs (FHA, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, VA).
- Due diligence in transactions/investments involving real estate, mortgage and consumer finance companies, including licensing surveys and analysis of compliance/risk/legal management oversight operations.
- Title insurance matters in loan originations, servicing and claims.