Laura K. DiBiase
Of Counsel
201 17th Street NW
Suite 1700
Atlanta, GA 30363
Laura focuses her practice on debt finance, representing commercial banks, life insurance companies, national CMBS lenders and debt funds in various real estate finance transactions, including syndicated and single-lender credit facilities, CMBS loans, bridge loans, and mezzanine loans. Additionally, Laura has experience in the areas of creditors’ rights and bankruptcy, having represented secured and unsecured...
Laura focuses her practice on debt finance, representing commercial banks, life insurance companies, national CMBS lenders and debt funds in various real estate finance transactions, including syndicated and single-lender credit facilities, CMBS loans, bridge loans, and mezzanine loans. Additionally, Laura has experience in the areas of creditors’ rights and bankruptcy, having represented secured and unsecured lenders in a variety of loan workouts, distressed asset sales, enforcement actions, and other insolvency matters.
lenders in a variety of loan workouts, distressed asset sales, enforcement actions, and other insolvency matters.
Experience
Representative Transactions
- Represented life insurance company in the origination of a $465 million balance sheet loan secured by 67 industrial properties located in 11 states
- Represented life insurance company in the origination of a $75 million balance sheet loan secured by a leasehold interest in a mixed use property located in Georgia
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $371 million floating rate loan secured by 20 multifamily properties located in North Carolina, Oklahoma, and South Carolina
- Represented CMBS lender in the origination and securitization of a $65 million loan secured by four retail properties located in Tennessee
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $12 million land loan secured by land located in Utah
Previous Professional Experience
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Commercial Associate, southeastern law firm (2018–2021)
- Law Clerk, Civil Division, United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia (May 2015–May 2016)
- Summer Associate, southeastern law firm (June–August 2014)
Education
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Mercer University School of Law,
JD,
magna cum laude
(2016)
- Advanced Legal Writing Certificate
- Vale Corporate Law Moot Court Team
- Senior Managing Editor, Mercer Law Review (2015–2016)
- University of Georgia, BS, Family and Consumer Science, cum laude (2013)
Admissions
- Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Georgia Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Clerkships
- Law Clerk, the Honorable James R. Sacca, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia (2016 - 2018)
Practice Areas
Industries
Representative Transactions
- Represented life insurance company in the origination of a $465 million balance sheet loan secured by 67 industrial properties located in 11 states
- Represented life insurance company in the origination of a $75 million balance sheet loan secured by a leasehold interest in a mixed use property located in Georgia
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $371 million floating rate loan secured by 20 multifamily properties located in North Carolina, Oklahoma, and South Carolina
- Represented CMBS lender in the origination and securitization of a $65 million loan secured by four retail properties located in Tennessee
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $12 million land loan secured by land located in Utah
Previous Professional Experience
-
Commercial Associate, southeastern law firm (2018–2021)
- Law Clerk, Civil Division, United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia (May 2015–May 2016)
- Summer Associate, southeastern law firm (June–August 2014)
Laura focuses her practice on debt finance, representing commercial banks, life insurance companies, national CMBS lenders and debt funds in various real estate finance transactions, including syndicated and single-lender credit facilities, CMBS loans, bridge loans, and mezzanine loans. Additionally, Laura has experience in the areas of creditors’ rights and bankruptcy, having represented secured and unsecured... lenders in a variety of loan workouts, distressed asset sales, enforcement actions, and other insolvency matters.
Experience
The following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Representative Transactions
- Represented life insurance company in the origination of a $465 million balance sheet loan secured by 67 industrial properties located in 11 states
- Represented life insurance company in the origination of a $75 million balance sheet loan secured by a leasehold interest in a mixed use property located in Georgia
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $371 million floating rate loan secured by 20 multifamily properties located in North Carolina, Oklahoma, and South Carolina
- Represented CMBS lender in the origination and securitization of a $65 million loan secured by four retail properties located in Tennessee
- Represented national lender in the origination of a $12 million land loan secured by land located in Utah
Previous Professional Experience
-
Commercial Associate, southeastern law firm (2018–2021)
- Law Clerk, Civil Division, United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia (May 2015–May 2016)
- Summer Associate, southeastern law firm (June–August 2014)
Education
-
Mercer University School of Law,
JD,
magna cum laude
(2016)
- Advanced Legal Writing Certificate
- Vale Corporate Law Moot Court Team
- Senior Managing Editor, Mercer Law Review (2015–2016)
- University of Georgia, BS, Family and Consumer Science, cum laude (2013)
Admissions
- Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Georgia Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Clerkships
- Law Clerk, The Honorable James R. Sacca, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia (2016 - 2018)
Practice Areas
Industries
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