Banking and Finance, Commercial Contracts and dealings, Community Housing, Financial services, Infrastructure, Not-for-profit
In the finance space, Lauri advises on all stages of lending transactions, regularly acting for major banks, non-bank lenders, and corporate borrowers. She has particular experience in trade and inventory financing, having worked closely with and for inventory finance providers across Australia, offering tailored advice on finance documentation, security arrangements, and risk management.
Lauri is also a recognised adviser in the social infrastructure space, supporting community and affordable housing providers nationally. With a deep understanding of delivering critical infrastructure, Lauri frequently prepares, negotiates and advises on complex arrangements critical to funding, security and ongoing management and services delivery for social infrastructure projects.
With a background in complex commercial and finance transactions, Lauri supports clients through all stages of financing and projects, blending her strong commercial acumen with specialist expertise in financing, security arrangements and the delivery of large-scale projects.
Advising a leading global provider of mill relining systems on financing and security arrangements related to its manufacture and worldwide export of mining machinery.
Advising a leading working capital financier to prepare and structure its ongoing documentation and security arrangements with its borrowers and assisting non-bank lenders generally with structuring and preparing tailored finance and security documentation for the financing of inventory, invoices and assets.
Assisting a leading non-bank financier to acquire a $670 million car dealer finance portfolio from a major bank and working closely with client as seconded in-house counsel to manage the legal operations flowing from the acquisition and roll out.
Advising the successful consortium in relation to the Victorian Ground Lease Model 2 Project delivering 1,370 new social, affordable, market and specialist disability homes in South Yarra, Port Melbourne, Prahran and Hampton East.
Advising a community housing provider in relation to the funding and development of an indigenous elders’ village in South Australia, providing culturally inclusive features to enable indigenous elders to age in their own community.
Advising various community housing providers to navigate funding and grants provided under QuickStarts, Queensland Housing Investment Fund, Housing Australia Future, Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility and ongoing servicing and management of community and affordable housing projects.
