Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP represented AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (MITT) in negotiating and executing a definitive agreement to acquire additional interests in AG ARC LLC (AG ARC), from certain funds managed by Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. As a result of the transaction, MITT now indirectly, through its subsidiary AG MIT ARC, LLC, owns approximately 66 percent of AG ARC. AG ARC indirectly owns Arc Home LLC, a leading Non-QM and Non-Agency mortgage originator.

The Hunton team advising on the matter was led by M&A partner Michael Goldman and associate Nate Jones. The team also included partner Rob Smith and associate Tianlu Zhang for REIT capital markets, and partner Kendal Sibley and associate Patrick Tricker for tax.

Hunton is proud to be one of the top, fully integrated and multidisciplinary legal platforms in the US for advising companies in the mortgage and financial services industry on transactional matters, having represented financial services clients in M&A and other strategic transactions worth more than $13.5 billion in the past 12 months.