Hunton Andrews Kurth Represents MFA Financial in Public Offering of Senior Notes

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP represented MFA Financial, Inc. in its public offering of $100 million aggregate principal amount of the company’s 8.875% Senior Notes. This transaction, which closed on January 11, 2024, resulted in the company receiving net proceeds of approximately $97 million.

MFA is a specialty finance company organized as a REIT that invests in and finances residential mortgage assets. MFA invests, on a leveraged basis, in residential whole loans, residential mortgage securities and other real estate assets. Hunton Andrews Kurth is proud to have represented MFA in numerous capital markets transactions over the years and is one of the country’s leading law firms in representing mortgage REITs and similar finance companies on a broad range of capital markets transactions.

The team advising MFA on the transaction was led by partners Rob Smith, Kate Saltz and Kendal Sibley, and included associates Tianlu Zhang, Enyo Enninful, Elizabeth White, Greta Chwalek, Giselle Secada, Patrick Tricker and Zach Roop.