Emily Maier

Senior Vice President, National Group Leader - M&A Insurance

Editor, Mergers & Acquisitions

Leading Woodruff Sawyer's M&A practice, Emily provides consultation to clients seeking to minimize their risks associated with merger and acquisition activity. This includes Representations and Warranties, Tax Opinion Liability, and Litigation Buy-Out coverages.

emaier@woodruffsawyer.com

949.435.7378

Emily Maier

Senior Vice President, National Group Leader - M&A Insurance

Editor, Mergers & Acquisitions

emaier@woodruffsawyer.com

949.435.7378

INSIGHTS

Emily Maier and Yelena Dunaevsky

INSIGHTS

SPAC Litigation Case Studies: How Insurance Responds

Read about two recent SPAC lawsuits and how an insurance policy would respond.

Emily Maier and Yelena Dunaevsky

Looking Ahead to 2022: Private Equity and M&A

Get our expert insight, advice, and predictions for the mergers and acquisitions and private equity landscapes in 2022.

Guide to Representations & Warranties Insurance

As representations and warranties (R&W) insurance becomes increasingly mainstream, get this comprehensive look at this facet of coverage.

SPACs: From Hot Mess to Cool as Cucumbers

Read more for our insight into common pain points for SPACS and how to minimize them with insurance.

Predictions for M&A Deal Flow in 2021

Read more for insight into what M&A deal flow will look like in 2021

RWI Premium Rates: Is the Rise Here to Stay?

Explore how premium rates fluctuated in 2020 and our analysis of what we think will happen in 2021.

Representations and Warranties Insurance: Q3 2020 Market Update

In this update, read more about COVID-19 and other impacts on RWI pricing, deal flow, minority investments, and more.

Distressed Sales: Reps and Warranties Insurance Can Help in US and UK

Because of the impact of coronavirus on the economy, unfortunately, many businesses will take hits that prove fatal. As such, we expect to see a greater increase in the number of distressed sales.

Distressed Sales: Reps and Warranties Insurance Can Help

The bankruptcy process can be difficult to understand, so we've created simple guidance for how to make the most of Reps & Warranties insurance.

Cyber Representations and Warranties in M&A: A Growing Risk

We discuss the newly tracked representations (reps) related to privacy and cyber security and address the question: How would both representations and warranties insurance, and cyber insurance, respond to some of these new representations?

Representations and Warranties Culture Clash in International Deals

Learn how you can use the M&A representations and warranties insurance ("RWI") when acquiring foreign targets as well as international acquisitions in the United States.

Coronavirus and Representations and Warranties Insurance

We have seen a variety of potential exclusions—ranging from very broad to more specific—for coronavirus, or COVID-19. We have every reason to believe exclusions will continue to be put in place on a standard basis at least for the time being. Learn more.

Mind the Gap: Insurance Coverage Between the Sign and Close in M&A

This M&A Insight discusses the gap in coverage between signing and closing and what protections are in place during this interim period.