Leah Morgan Parle

Associate

London
leah.morganparle@lw.com
+44.20.7710.1172

PRACTICES

  • Asset-Based Lending
  • Fund Finance
  • Saudi Arabia Practice
  • Structured Finance

INDUSTRIES

  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Financial Institutions
  • Fintech

BAR QUALIFICATIONS

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

EDUCATION

  • Professional Practice Course, Law Society of Ireland,
  • LLB (Ling. Germ.), Trinity College, Dublin,
  • Erasmus Programme, Humboldt University, Berlin,

PROFILE

Leah Morgan Parle is an associate in the Finance Department of the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Structured Finance Practice.

Leah advises on a broad range of securitization structures. Her experience across asset classes includes advising on transactions collateralised by unsecured personal loans, buy-now-pay-later receivables, corporate loans, residential and commercial mortgage loans, and other more esoteric asset classes.

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:

  • Tabby, a shopping and financial services app, on a US$700 million securitization of buy now, pay later (BNPL) 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
  • A number of international banks on CDO financings of Middle Market loans for leading direct lending funds