EMILY LAURORE focuses her practice on securities offerings and general corporate matters, with an emphasis on REIT and other real estate-related transactions. She represents both issuers and underwriters in a variety of capital markets transactions. Emily's experience includes public and private offerings of all types, including common equity transactions, preferred stock offerings, and secured and unsecured debt transactions. Emily has worked with equity and mortgage REITs, as well as issuers in other industries. In addition to securities offerings, Emily's practice focuses on the formation, structuring, operation, and offering of alternative investment funds, including private equity funds, closed-end credit funds, "funds of one," and real estate funds, and their respective management companies. Emily received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and also received a Certificate in Management from the university's Wharton School. While attending law school, Emily served as the Frederick Douglass Moot Court chair on the board of the Penn Black Law Students Association, a member of the University Council, and the deputy director for Equity & Access of the university's Graduate and Professional Students Assembly. Prior to attending law school, Emily received her B.A. in political science from Spelman College, where she graduated summa cum laude in three years.