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Laura Peck
Contact Information:
Phone: 608.283.6729
Email: lpeck@axley.com
Legal Assistant: Angel Helland
Phone: 608.283.6774
Email: ahelland@axley.com
Laura Peck is a partner in the firm. Ms. Peck serves as counsel to banks and insurance companies for a variety of commercial lending issues, including real estate and asset-based financing, loan development, and all phases of commercial real estate workouts such as loan restructuring and modifications, forbearance agreements, deed-in-lieu transactions, deeds in escrow and workout negotiations.
Ms. Peck has more than 20 years of experience with business transactions in the real estate, lending and insurance industries. Her real estate experience includes commercial mortgages, purchases and sales, business formation and structuring, commercial real estate development, and retail and office leasing on a national basis.
Prior to working at Axley Brynelson, Ms. Peck spent 10 years as in-house counsel in CIGNA Corporation's Investment Law Department. At CIGNA, she handled commercial mortgage, private placement, asset management, workout, foreclosure and bankruptcy issues.
Ms. Peck also served as general counsel of a Madison, Wisconsin-based national insurance company. Her insurance law experience includes insurance company merger and acquisition transactions, mutual company mergers, corporate governance, and insurance regulatory and compliance matters.
Significant Representations:
- Represented a local bank in a loan workout of 23 business and real estate loans to 13 related entities in Wisconsin aggregating approximately $15 million
- Represented a regional lender group in an aggregate of $150 million in development and mini-permanent loans to hospitality industry borrower (hotel, timeshare and water park facility)
- Represented a national lender in a $37 million credit facility to fund an ESOP transaction for a multistate convenience store operator
- Represented a local lender in a $15 million leasehold financing of a public/private educational facility
- Assisted as underwriter's counsel in a $130 million bond issuance by a state authority
- Represented landlords and tenants in leases of retail, healthcare, office and hospitality facilities
- Acted as purchaser's local counsel in a $300,000,000 multistate acquisition of shopping centers
- Represented the seller of a horse farm and stable operation
- Represented the purchaser of a parking garage complex from a municipal authority
Professional Associations and Achievements:
- Member, Dane County Bar Association
- Member, State Bar of Wisconsin and Connecticut Bar
- Member, Access Community Health Center Development Council
- Member, former board member, Wisconsin Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW); founding member of Wisconsin CREW
- Member, Wisconsin REALTORS Association, 2009 Real Estate Forms Committee
- Former board member, Downtown Rotary Club of Madison
- Former Trustee and President, Madison Downtown Rotary Foundation
- Police Commissioner, Chair of Police and Fire Committee of the Village of Maple Bluff
Education:
J.D., with high honors, B.A., magna cum laude, University of Connecticut
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Practice Areas:
Business Practice Group, Construction & Transportation Practice Group, Condominium Development & Conversions, Contract Negotiation & Drafting, Construction Finance, Corporate Law, Financial Institutions/Business Finance, Insurance, Lending, Mergers, Acquisitions & Business Reorganizations, Private Equity, Real Estate, Zoning, Land Use & Development, Venture Capital
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