Laura Jakubowski

Overview

Laura Jakubowski is Director of Knowledge Management and Innovation with Goldberg Kohn. She leads the firm's knowledge and data management strategy, and provides legal, technical, market and practical expertise for the firm’s Commercial Finance and Bankruptcy practices.

Active in The Secured Finance Network (SFNet), Laura currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Advocacy Committee. In 2024, SFNet honored her with the "Volunteer of the Year for Advocacy" IMPACT Award. SFNet's IMPACT Awards celebrate excellence in the secured finance industry.

Laura rejoined Goldberg Kohn in her current position in August 2021. Prior to that, she was an Assistant General Counsel at a large financial institution where she focused on middle market lending and digital, data use and privacy law matters for its commercial banking group. Previously she was a Commercial Finance Associate at Goldberg Kohn.

Credentials

Education

Indiana University Maurer School of Law, J.D., 2007
Michigan State University, B.A., 2004

Admissions

Illinois (2007)

Publications

“Finance and Bankruptcy: 2024 Year-End Update,” a Golberg Kohn publication, Jan. 16, 2025.
“2025 Policy Outlook: Navigating Economic and Regulatory Shifts Under New Leadership,” The Secured Lender Express, Dec. 6, 2024.
“Public Data in Cross-Border Lending,” The Secured Lender, July/August 2024.
“Finance and Bankruptcy: 2023 Year-End Update,” a Goldberg Kohn publication, Jan. 23, 2024.
“LIBOR: Post-Cessation Reminders,” Westlaw Today, July 18, 2023.
“Finance and Bankruptcy: 2023 Mid-Year Update,” a Goldberg Kohn publication, June 6, 2023.
“Finance and Bankruptcy: 2022 In Review,” a Goldberg Kohn publication, Jan. 23, 2023.

Presentations

“Economic and Policy Update,” at the Secured Finance Network’s 2025 Asset Based Capital Conference, Las Vegas, Feb. 12, 2025.
“Market Update: What’s Happening Now” at the Secured Finance Network’s International Lending Conference, London, May 14, 2024.