Laura Salvati

Ms. Salvati’s experience includes representing clients in whole business securitizations, acquisition financings and bespoke financings involving specialized assets such as loans, financing leases and securities. She has also acted as counsel in private placements involving the issuance of asset-backed notes, delayed draw notes, pass-through certificates and bonds, and has assisted with structuring tax equity investments in pools of residential and commercial solar power facilities. While her practice is focused on structured finance, she has also worked on general corporate and capital markets-related matters for her clients.

In recognition of her work, Ms. Salvati has been recognized in Chambers Global and Chambers USA as an Up and Coming lawyer in the Capital Markets: Securitization: Whole Business category and named a Law360 Rising Star. Ms. Salvati was also a guest speaker as part of the “Market Beat: Whole Business Securitization” panel at SFVegas 2025.

Notable transactions include representing:

• Brookfield Infrastructure Partners in its joint venture with GATX Corporation to acquire Wells Fargo & Company’s railcar leasing fleet for $4.4 billion and a related $850 million acquisition financing
• GIC in connection with a take-private $15 billion acquisition, in partnership with Oak Street, of STORE Capital and a related $2.6 billion acquisition financing
• Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company / Alliance Bernstein L.P. in connection with the inaugural issuance by Pet Supplies Plus, LLC of $575 million of fixed-rate senior secured notes and the refinancing of a $50 million variable funding note facility in a whole business securitization
• Guggenheim Securities, LLC in connection with the issuance of $500 million fixed-rate senior secured notes by affiliates of Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. and subsequent issuances and refinancings under its whole business securitization program
• ING Capital LLC in connection with the issuance by affiliates of SESAC of $530 million of fixed-rate senior secured notes and the establishment of a $30 million variable funding note facility and subsequent issuances and refinancings under its whole business securitization program
• ING Capital LLC in connection with the issuance, by a subsidiary of Planet Fitness, Inc., of $1.2 billion of fixed-rate senior secured notes and the establishment of a $75 million variable funding note facility and subsequent issuance and refinancing under its whole business securitization program
• Sonic Corp., a chain of drive-in restaurants, and certain of its subsidiaries in multiple issuances of fixed-rate senior secured term notes and refinancing of its variable funding note facility as part of its whole business securitization program
• Domino’s Pizza Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries in connection with the issuance of $1.9 billion of fixed-rate senior secured term notes and the establishment of a $175 million variable-funding note facility as part of its whole business securitization program
• tax equity investors in connection with inverted leases and partnership flips for portfolios of solar loan assets
• underwriters in connection with the issuance of wireless tower asset-backed securities