Lauris G.L. Rall

Lauris G.L. Rall is a Partner and a member of Dentons' Capital Markets practice, based in New York. His practice focuses on Capital Markets Law, specifically the financing and securitization of various types of financial assets.

He has represented investment banks, commercial banks, specialty finance companies and other types of financial institutions in public and private offerings of asset-backed securities backed by student loans, unsecured consumer loans, lease receivables, and commercial and residential real estate mortgage loans. Lauris had a leading role in the structuring of the first issuances of asset-backed remarketable preferred stock and asset-backed auction rate notes.

He has substantial general experience with public and private offerings of equity and debt securities and mergers and acquisitions. He is knowledgeable regarding the federal securities laws, including the Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Investment Company Act of 1940.

Lauris has devoted over thirty years to education finance. He has represented a number of clients during the development of private market student loans, including private consolidation student loans.

Among his clients are domestic and foreign companies in a wide range of manufacturing and service industries. He counsels them regarding various legal aspects of business transactions and assists with the formation and financing of start-up businesses. Lauris has also been involved in structured finance transactions and joint ventures using limited liability companies, partnerships and statutory trusts. He served as an Adjunct Professor at Cardozo School of Law teaching the course "Alternative Business Entities."

He holds a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law (1977) and a BA from the University of Virginia (1974). He has been named in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business as one of the top practitioners in the US in securitization, and is listed in Best Lawyers in America for Securitization and Structured Finance Law, 2027.

He is a member of the American Bar Association, where he has served as co-chair of the Task Force on LLC Transaction Agreements—Prototype Operating Agreement for Private Equity Funds, former chair of the Subcommittee on General and Limited Liability Partnerships, and former chair of the Task Force on the proposed revisions to the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act. He is also a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, serving on its Corporation Law Committee (1993–1997) and Structured Finance Committee (2013–present).