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Laura Gunn

Partner
gunn.laura@dorsey.com
Denver P +1 (303) 352-1164 F +1 (303) 648-6342

Overview

Laura represents lenders, borrowers, and sponsors in commercial finance transactions and corporate restructurings.

Laura negotiates and drafts loan documentation for syndicated, bilateral, acquisition, subordinated, and asset-based financings and receivables warehouse credit facilities. As part of her practice, Laura represents public and private companies, commercial banks, and financial sponsors in acquisitions, restructurings, and other complex commercial transactions.

Before law school, Laura worked as a management consultant in the financial sector.

Education & Admissions

Harvard Law School (J.D., 2008), Harvard Law Review

Harvard College (A.B., 2003), cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

  • Colorado

Experience

Representative Experience

  • Represented corporate and portfolio company borrowers in acquisition financings for healthcare practice roll-ups and bilateral working capital credit facilities for healthcare facility operators.
  • Represented private credit fund lenders in technology and energy acquisitions.
  • Counseled Canadian sponsors with U.S. portfolio companies in cross-border financings.
  • Represented private credit real estate fund borrowers in a:
    • $385 million single-family residential real estate acquisition and management fund.
    • $125 million commercial real estate development and management fund.
  • Represented commercial real estate note issuer in $170 million private debt offering.
  • Counseled private finance lender in special collateral loans to high-net-worth individuals.
  • Represented buyers, agents, and sellers in mortgage warehouse repurchase agreements and mortgage participation purchase agreements.
  • Represented purchaser in whole mortgage loan purchase and sale transaction.
  • Represented lenders in forbearance and restructuring of senior secured term loan facilities.
  • Conducted legal diligence in support of acquisitions and debt offerings in the financial and real estate sectors.
  • Provided general corporate representation to Mountain West emerging companies.

Industries & Practices

  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Lending Transactions

Accolades

Diversity Inclusion Recognition 2023

  • Contributed more than 50 Diversity hours, 2023
  • Listed as a “Rising Star” by Northern California Super Lawyers, 2016