PROFILE

Laura Sophie Neumann is an associate in the Frankfurt office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the corporate finance team focusing on capital market transactions, with a particular experience in high-yield bond offerings and leveraged finance deals.

Laura advises corporate issuers and borrowers in various industries, as well as investment bank and private equity funds on high-yield bond, leveraged, and other financing transactions with particular focus on the DACH region.

Laura advises on:

• Complex high-yield bond transactions (both under US and German law)
• “Cross-over” and investment grade bond offerings
• High-yield bonds in restructuring scenarios
• Consent solicitations, including related liability management transactions

Prior to joining Latham, Laura worked as a law clerk in the Capital Markets Practice in Latham's Frankfurt office and at another renowned law firm.

Laura studied law at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg and at the Universidad de Salamanca. She obtained her doctorate with a thesis relating to capital markets law.