Laura Asbati | Paris | Hogan Lovells

Laura Asbati

Partner Corporate & Finance

Languages

English, French, Spanish

Asbati Laura

Laura Asbati
Asbati Laura
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Laura is a Partner in the Paris International Debt Capital Markets team.

Laura has significant experience in structured finance, securitisation and capital markets in a range of sectors, both in France and internationally.

Before joining Hogan Lovells, Laura spent eleven years in the Finance team of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris.

Representative experience

Advising a pool of international and French banks on the structuring and successive upsizes of a USD1bn asset-backed facility for a leading worldwide shipping group.
Advising one of the largest German banks (NY Branch) in the setting-up of a $60m asset-backed facility for the world’s largest independent common carrier.
Advising a leading French bank in renewing a €400m pan-European off-balance sheet securitisation programme of trade receivables by a global leader in water treatment.
Advising Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management in setting up a €600m pan-European infrastructure debt fund (BRIDGE) qualifying as a “fonds de prêt à l’économie”.

*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.

Credentials

Education
  • D.E.S.S., Business Law, University of Toulouse 1 Capitole, DJCE
  • MA Law, University of Toulouse 1 Capitole, specialising in business law
  • Masters in Applied Foreign Languages, University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès, (English/Spanish)
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • Paris

Recognition

'Up and Coming' in Capital Markets: Structured Finance (France)

Chambers Global

2021
Capital Markets: Debt Capital Markets

Legal 500 EMEA

2019
Derivatives and Structured Finance, France, Recommended

Legal 500 EMEA

2019-2020
Derivatives and Structured Finance, France, Rising Stars

Legal 500 EMEA

2020