Laura Archange

Laura is a partner in Ogier's Banking and Finance team in Luxembourg and specialises in cross-border fund financing and securitisation transactions. With a dual focus on regulatory compliance and innovative structuring, she advises banks, asset managers and institutional clients on complex financing solutions and EU / Luxembourg market trends.

Background and experience

Laura has spent more than a decade advising leading lenders and sponsors, both domestic and international, on their financing and securitisation cross-border transactions. Admitted to practise in both Paris and Luxembourg, she also worked in London for a year.

Laura has significant experience advising asset managers in structuring cross-border securitisation, structured finance transactions and debt issuances. She is adept at advising on credit enhancement mechanisms and Euro multilateral trading facility (Euro MTF) listings on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and regularly provides sophisticated advice on Luxembourg and EU securitisation rules. 

Laura also assists international clients with various types of financings, with a focus the full spectrum of fund finance solutions across all stages of the fund lifecycle, including capital call facilities, NAV financings, hybrid deals, LP- and GP-led lines, across asset classes such as credit, private equity, real estate and secondaries. She also specialises in sustainable finance. 

In addition to her role in the firm, Laura serves as co-chair of the Fund Finance Working Group at the Luxembourg Association of the Fund Industry (ALFI), where she collaborates with asset managers, bankers, and regulatory authorities on matters of strategic importance to the market. She also established and co-organised the first-ever Luxembourg conference sponsored by the Fund Finance Association (FFA). Laura is a member of committees currently dealing with the reform of EU securitisation regulation.

Laura holds a Master’s degree in Business Law (Master 2 Droit des affaires) from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas.

Recent work includes:

• advising a Luxembourg credit fund acting as originator in a CLO transaction.
• advising on the financing restructuring of a Luxembourg securitisation vehicle.
• advising a lender on Luxembourg security package for a hybrid fund financing, including cascading aspects.
• advising a lender on NAV financing for secondaries fund.

Publications

• co-author of "The European Securitisation: a review of certain key concepts" (ALJB, December 2024)
• interviewed by Paperjam (Luxembourg press) for their article " Fund Finance Association drives industry momentum with Luxembourg event" (June 2024) - Fund Finance Association drives industry momentum with Luxembourg event | Paperjam English News
• co-author of "Transforming banks into sustainable players" (ALJB, June 2023)
• co-author of "Subscription facilities in Luxembourg: overview of a decade of legal practice (ALJB, April 2022)

Admitted in:
2014 - Luxembourg
2013 - Paris