Leah Morgan Parle is an associate in the Finance Department of the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Structured Finance and Fund Finance Practices.
Leah advises banks, sponsors, and fintech platforms on fund and asset-backed leverage solutions across developed and emerging markets, including private credit asset financings for direct lending strategies, subscription line facilities and securitizations of unsecured personal loans, buy-now-pay-later receivables, residential and commercial mortgage loans, and other more esoteric asset classes. She frequently works at the intersection of fund finance and securitization.
Prior to joining Latham, Leah was an associate in the securitization practice of a Magic Circle law firm. She trained and qualified in a leading Irish law firm.
Experience
Leah’s transactional experience includes advising:
Leading arrangers on financings of middle market loans for direct lending funds
Leading sponsors on their subscription line facilities, including Intermediate Capital Group on a novel capital call facility structured as a securitization
Tabby, a shopping and financial services app, on a US$700 million securitization of buy-now-pay-later receivables originated in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, at time of closing the largest asset-backed facility secured by a fintech in the Middle East
Tamara, a shopping and payments platform, on a first-of-its-kind US$150 million securitization of buy-now-pay-later receivables originated in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and subsequent facility upsizes
Barclays on a novel £700 million financing backed by Supplier of Last Resort energy-related receivables originated by Octopus Energy
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
England and Wales (Solicitor)
Education
Professional Practice Course, Law Society of Ireland
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