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Poppy Latham

Senior Associate

Email

poppy.latham@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 2300

Offices

London

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Poppy works on a range of commercial real estate and securitisation structures and has experience on financing portfolios backed by residential mortgage assets, non-performing assets and consumer loans.

Poppy has also completed a secondment at a major US investment bank, assisting on a wide range of real estate finance transactions.

Poppy was listed in Legal 500 2021 ("client friendly, knowledgeable, thoughtful and responsive. She is also a delight to work with.").

Experience

Representative matters

  • A global financial institution as arranger on the CMBS of a €255,757,500 senior financing of a portfolio of office buildings in Belgium and Luxembourg owned by the Befimmo Group, a Belgian REIT, which was acquired by Brookfield in 2022.
  • Investors on the CMBS restructure of FROSN.
  • TwentyFour Asset Management on Oat Hill No. 3 plc which was the first UK RMBS of predominantly but-to-let mortgages with a Class A Loan Note structure.
  • The senior lender on a Dutch forward-flow platform.
  • The equity investor on a residential securitisation of a portfolio of mortgage loans originated by Northern Rock, Mortgage Express, Bradford & Bingley and Legal & General Bank Limited.

Speaking Engagements

  • Panelist, Commercial MBS panel, IMS Global ABS Conference, June 2023

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • BA (Hons), History and International Relations, University of Exeter, 2011
  • MPhil, Modern South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, 2012
  • GDL, College of Law, Moorgate, 2013
  • LPC, College of Law, Moorgate, 2014

Recognition

“"Client friendly, knowledgeable, thoughtful and responsive. She is also a delight to work with."”
Legal 500 UK 2021

Qualifications

Admissions

England and Wales, 2016

Academic

BA (Hons), History and International Relations, University of Exeter, 2011

MPhil, Modern South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, 2012

GDL, College of Law, Moorgate, 2013

LPC, College of Law, Moorgate, 2014

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.