Bio

Laura Glynn has a unique ability to develop creative solutions to transaction logjams and to bring practical insight to complex transactions. Laura has been counsel for countless M&A transactions, on both buy-side and sell-side, and for equity financings for emerging growth companies at every stage of development and in a variety of sectors, including technology, financial services, social media, energy, timber and other natural resources, specialty chemical, health care services, manufacturing, information systems, defense, steel, mining, and consumer-facing retail. Formerly a Partner at Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP in Boston for more than 15 years, Laura advises clients at all points on the spectrum from start-ups to private equity funds to Fortune 500 companies. Laura’s clients often engage her specifically to lead the negotiation of critical business contracts and she has represented both private and public companies as well as private equity funds, strategic acquirers, institutional investors, commercial banks, non-bank lenders, private equity funds, underwriters, placement agents, and venture capital funds. Laura’s complex debt financing work has included a broad range of leverage transactions, including senior secured and unsecured bank and note financings, mezzanine subordinated debt financings with equity kickers, venture debt financings, and hybrid debt/equity investments. Laura is recognized as an expert in limited liability company agreements and related legal issues. She also has been named one of the top Women Attorneys in Massachusetts, a New England SuperLawyer for mergers & acquisitions, securities and corporate finance and banking, and in The Legal 500 for mergers and acquisitions in the Northeast United States. Laura earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School, cum laude, as well as a B.A. from Brown University, magna cum laude.