

Laurie A. Martin Montplaisir
Partner
Office: Chicago
lmontplaisir@kdlegal.com
p: 312-235-1134
f: 312-423-9303
Laurie A. Montplaisir concentrates her practice in the areas of finance, secured lending, corporate transactions, participations and workouts, and business acquisition and sales, with an emphasis in the asset based lending and factoring industry. She has significant experience in due diligence, purchase agreements, financing documentation, forbearance and workout documents, and interparty documentation in alternative lending transactions. Montplaisir frequently serves as outside general counsel to her clients on a myriad of legal issues related to business formation and structuring, financing, contract negotiation and drafting, transactional matters, employment matters, general business needs, and litigation.
Montplaisir is the Founder of the International Factoring Association (IFA) Midwest Chapter established October 2018. She often is a lecturer for the IFA, conducting webinars and seminars, and participating as a legal moderator at annual conference legal panels.
Representative Experience
- Advised private and publicly traded companies in establishing and maintaining factoring operations, including drafting of all factoring documentation, establishing operations and procedures and compliance with best practices.
- Counseled factoring clients in negotiating and documenting multi-million dollar bank credit facilities.
- Represented a prominent regional bank in negotiating and documenting a credit facility to a factoring customer.
- Advised clients regarding litigation matters related to breach of contract, fraud and the fraudulent transfer of assets.
- Represented a manufacturing client in connection with the acquisition of several businesses, including conducting due diligence, negotiation and drafting of various acquisition documents and employment, consulting and non-competition agreements.
- Negotiated drafts and reviewed client and vendor contracts for various service industries clients.
- Represented a manufacturing client in sale of business to publicly traded foreign company, including the negotiation and drafting of various sale documents and resolution of issues among equity owners related to the sale.
- Represented clients in issuing non-consolidated opinions and true sale opinions in connection with a wide variety of commercial paper and asset securitization programs in diverse types of financial assets.
Professional Associations
- Member, Chicago Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member. Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago
- Member, International Factoring Association (IFA)
- Founder, IFA Midwest Chapter
Awards & Recognitions
- 2021 Top Women in ABL
Seminars and Presentations
- Panel Speaker, International Factoring Association Lightening Legal Panel", May 2024
- Panal Speaker, "International Factoring Association Lightening Legal Panel", May12, 2023
- Panel Speaker, "International Factoring Association Roundtable for Women in Commercial Finance", May 6, 2022
- Co-Presenter, "SFNet 2022 Independent Financing Roundtable," April 7, 2022
- Panel Speaker, "Roundtable for Women in Commercial Finance," May 14, 2021
- Webinar, "Serving on a Not-for-Profit Board: What Attorneys Need to Know about Obligations and Potential Personal Liability," March 10, 2021
- Interview, "ABL Advisor’s Video Series," August 21, 2020
- Speaker, "IFA COVID-19 Webinar," April 30, 2020
- Speaker, "2020 IFA Conference," March 2, 2020
Publications
- Co-Author, "California Commercial Lenders Beware: UDAAP Doesn’t Only Apply to Consumer Lending Anymore", October 9, 2023
- Author, "New York DFS Issues Final Commercial Lending Disclosure Regulation," February 13, 2023
- Author, "Don't Volunteer for Trouble: Minimizing Personal Liability When Serving on the Board of Directors for Not-for-Profits", December 29, 2020
- Author, "How to Respond to Requests for Client Overadvances Under the CARES Act", April 10, 2020
Education
- J.D., Cum Laude with Honors, Loyola University School of Law
- B.S. in Finance and Minor in Psychology, with Honors, Purdue University
Bar & Court Admissions
- Illinois
- New York
- U.S. District Court, District of Northern Illinois
Practices
Industries

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Scuba Diving
Financial Services

California Commercial Lenders Beware: UDAAP Doesn’t Only Apply to Consumer Lending Anymore
October 9, 2023
Financial Services

Eleventh Circuit Strikes Down FCC's One-to-One Consent Rule Under the TCPA
February 10, 2025
Financial Services

Financial Institutions Use of “Meta Pixels” Targeted in Latest Class Action Trend
January 13, 2025
Firm News and Events

David A. Bowen Joins Krieg DeVault’s Financial Institution Practice
December 6, 2024
Thought Leadership

Redefining Regulatory Oversight: U.S. Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference and its Impact on Banking Regulations
July 1, 2024
Firm News and Events

Senior Associate Alex Bowman Selected as a Michiana Forty under 40 Award Recipient
April 16, 2024
Financial Services

U.S. Treasury Issues Report on Artificial Intelligence on Specific Cybersecurity Risks in the Financial Services Sector
April 4, 2024
Financial Services

New Indiana Law Will Clarify How Financial Institutions May Make Changes to Deposit Account Agreements
March 13, 2024
Business

Is Your Business Ready? Preparing for and Complying with the Corporate Transparency Act
August 31, 2023
Firm News and Events

Michael D. Zaradich Joins Krieg DeVault's Commercial & Real Estate Lending Practice
June 1, 2023
Litigation

Indiana Supreme Court Limits the Ability of Indiana Financial Institutions to Amend Account Agreements
March 23, 2023
Firm News and Events

Known By the Successful Company We Keep® - Krieg DeVault Issues Annual Ad Showcasing Transactions from Many of Our Valued and Successful Clients
January 30, 2023
Financial Services

State and Federal Policy on ESG Issues Creates Tensions for Financial Institutions
January 25, 2023
Firm News and Events

John B. Baxter Named Chair of Krieg DeVault’s Commercial and Real Estate Lending Practice
January 1, 2023
Firm News and Events

Krieg DeVault Adds Associates Andrew N. Warner, Katelyn E. Doering, Alexus D. Lucas, and Michael J. Moser
November 1, 2022
Firm News and Events

Krieg DeVault Expands Chicago Office with Financial Services Partners Laurie A. Martin Montplaisir and Parker E. Lawton
October 17, 2022
Financial Services

CFPB Announces Consent Order with Bank for "Authorized-Positive Overdraft Transactions"
September 29, 2022
Firm News and Events

Jeffrey L. Ledbetter Joins Krieg DeVault’s Financial Institutions Practice
September 27, 2022
Financial Services

Your Customer Is Heading Towards Bankruptcy, What Should You Do Now?
June 23, 2022
Financial Services

Recent Developments in Fair Lending Discrimination as a UDAAP Violation and Algorithmic Redlining
June 2, 2022
Financial Services

Indiana’s Newly Passed LIBOR Legislation Immediately Preempted by Federal Counterpart
March 31, 2022
Financial Services

CFPB Significantly Expands UDAAP Authority to Address Discrimination
March 21, 2022
Firm News and Events

Patrick Fagan Joins Krieg DeVault’s Commercial and Real Estate Lending Practice
February 28, 2022
Firm News and Events

Julie A. Johnsten and Crystal L. Stallworth Join Krieg DeVault as Paralegals
February 1, 2022
Secured Lender

Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act Passes U.S. House…Again
April 20, 2021
Secured Lender

CFPB Issues Finalized Changes To Regulation F To Implement The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
December 16, 2020
Secured Lender

Indiana Supreme Court Further Extends Partial Protection of CARES Act Recovery Rebates
November 12, 2020
Secured Lender

IRS Instructs Lenders not to File Form 1099-C for Forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program Loans
October 1, 2020
Secured Lender

Moratorium on Indiana Residential Foreclosures and Evictions Extended Through August 14, 2020
July 31, 2020
Secured Lender

Reminder: Post-Judgment Interest on Indiana State-Court Judgments Tolled Until August 15, 2020
July 14, 2020
Secured Lender

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Reaffirms the Necessity of Adhering to the Bankruptcy Code Text
July 14, 2020
Financial Services

US Supreme Court Rules Structure of the CFPB Unconstitutional, Preserves Bureau's Authority to Operate
June 30, 2020
Secured Lender

A Bankruptcy Court Weighs In: Do Force Majeure Clauses Excuse Commercial Tenants from Paying Rent?
June 23, 2020
Secured Lender

Eviction and Foreclosure Moratoriums Extended to August 31, 2020 for Federally-Backed Mortgages
June 17, 2020
Secured Lender

Changes are Coming to the Indiana Consumer Credit Code - Are you Ready?
June 15, 2020
Secured Lender

TILA and the Right of Rescission: Illinois Adopts One-Year Limitation Period
June 10, 2020
Financial Services

OCC Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Digital Banking Activities
June 8, 2020
Secured Lender

A Hospital's Bankruptcy Filing Dramatically Changes the Equation for Medical Providers
June 8, 2020
Secured Lender

Indiana Supreme Court Extends Partial Protection of CARES Act Recovery Rebates
May 31, 2020
Secured Lender

Illinois Eviction Moratorium: Relief Extended to Non-Residential Tenants
April 28, 2020
Secured Lender

COVID-19 and Supplemental Proceedings: Illinois Supreme Court Provides Guidance
April 28, 2020
Secured Lender

COVID-19 and the Mortgage Industry: Embracing the Virus on the Legislative and Regulatory Front
April 26, 2020
Financial Services

Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act Update
April 21, 2020
Secured Lender

Indiana Supreme Court Orders Partial Protection of CARES Act Recovery Rebates Payments
April 20, 2020
Financial Services

Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions
April 14, 2020
Financial Services

The CARES Act: Provisions Directly Affecting Financial Institutions
March 26, 2020
Financial Services

A Message from Krieg DeVault LLP's Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Practice Group on Our Response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic
March 23, 2020
Financial Services

NCUA Issues Proposed Rule Allowing Some Credit Unions to Issue Subordinated Debt
January 26, 2020
Laurie A. Montplaisir concentrates her practice in the areas of finance, secured lending, corporate transactions, participations and workouts, and business acquisition and sales, with an emphasis in the asset based lending and factoring industry. She has significant experience in due diligence, purchase agreements, financing documentation, forbearance and workout documents, and interparty documentation in alternative lending transactions. Montplaisir frequently serves as outside general counsel to her clients on a myriad of legal issues related to business formation and structuring, financing, contract negotiation and drafting, transactional matters, employment matters, general business needs, and litigation.
Montplaisir is the Founder of the International Factoring Association (IFA) Midwest Chapter established October 2018. She often is a lecturer for the IFA, conducting webinars and seminars, and participating as a legal moderator at annual conference legal panels.
Representative Experience
- Advised private and publicly traded companies in establishing and maintaining factoring operations, including drafting of all factoring documentation, establishing operations and procedures and compliance with best practices.
- Counseled factoring clients in negotiating and documenting multi-million dollar bank credit facilities.
- Represented a prominent regional bank in negotiating and documenting a credit facility to a factoring customer.
- Advised clients regarding litigation matters related to breach of contract, fraud and the fraudulent transfer of assets.
- Represented a manufacturing client in connection with the acquisition of several businesses, including conducting due diligence, negotiation and drafting of various acquisition documents and employment, consulting and non-competition agreements.
- Negotiated drafts and reviewed client and vendor contracts for various service industries clients.
- Represented a manufacturing client in sale of business to publicly traded foreign company, including the negotiation and drafting of various sale documents and resolution of issues among equity owners related to the sale.
- Represented clients in issuing non-consolidated opinions and true sale opinions in connection with a wide variety of commercial paper and asset securitization programs in diverse types of financial assets.
Professional Associations
- Member, Chicago Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member. Catholic Lawyers Guild of Chicago
- Member, International Factoring Association (IFA)
- Founder, IFA Midwest Chapter
Awards & Recognitions
- 2021 Top Women in ABL
Seminars and Presentations
- Panel Speaker, International Factoring Association Lightening Legal Panel", May 2024
- Panal Speaker, "International Factoring Association Lightening Legal Panel", May12, 2023
- Panel Speaker, "International Factoring Association Roundtable for Women in Commercial Finance", May 6, 2022
- Co-Presenter, "SFNet 2022 Independent Financing Roundtable," April 7, 2022
- Panel Speaker, "Roundtable for Women in Commercial Finance," May 14, 2021
- Webinar, "Serving on a Not-for-Profit Board: What Attorneys Need to Know about Obligations and Potential Personal Liability," March 10, 2021
- Interview, "ABL Advisor’s Video Series," August 21, 2020
- Speaker, "IFA COVID-19 Webinar," April 30, 2020
- Speaker, "2020 IFA Conference," March 2, 2020
Publications
- Co-Author, "California Commercial Lenders Beware: UDAAP Doesn’t Only Apply to Consumer Lending Anymore", October 9, 2023
- Author, "New York DFS Issues Final Commercial Lending Disclosure Regulation," February 13, 2023
- Author, "Don't Volunteer for Trouble: Minimizing Personal Liability When Serving on the Board of Directors for Not-for-Profits", December 29, 2020
- Author, "How to Respond to Requests for Client Overadvances Under the CARES Act", April 10, 2020
Education
- J.D., Cum Laude with Honors, Loyola University School of Law
- B.S. in Finance and Minor in Psychology, with Honors, Purdue University
Bar & Court Admissions
- Illinois
- New York
- U.S. District Court, District of Northern Illinois
Practices
Industries
Insights
Financial Services

California Commercial Lenders Beware: UDAAP Doesn’t Only Apply to Consumer Lending Anymore
October 9, 2023
Financial Services

Eleventh Circuit Strikes Down FCC's One-to-One Consent Rule Under the TCPA
February 10, 2025
Financial Services

Financial Institutions Use of “Meta Pixels” Targeted in Latest Class Action Trend
January 13, 2025
Firm News and Events

David A. Bowen Joins Krieg DeVault’s Financial Institution Practice
December 6, 2024
Thought Leadership

Redefining Regulatory Oversight: U.S. Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference and its Impact on Banking Regulations
July 1, 2024
Firm News and Events

Senior Associate Alex Bowman Selected as a Michiana Forty under 40 Award Recipient
April 16, 2024
Financial Services

U.S. Treasury Issues Report on Artificial Intelligence on Specific Cybersecurity Risks in the Financial Services Sector
April 4, 2024
Financial Services

New Indiana Law Will Clarify How Financial Institutions May Make Changes to Deposit Account Agreements
March 13, 2024
Business

Is Your Business Ready? Preparing for and Complying with the Corporate Transparency Act
August 31, 2023
Firm News and Events

Michael D. Zaradich Joins Krieg DeVault's Commercial & Real Estate Lending Practice
June 1, 2023
Litigation

Indiana Supreme Court Limits the Ability of Indiana Financial Institutions to Amend Account Agreements
March 23, 2023
Firm News and Events

Known By the Successful Company We Keep® - Krieg DeVault Issues Annual Ad Showcasing Transactions from Many of Our Valued and Successful Clients
January 30, 2023
Financial Services

State and Federal Policy on ESG Issues Creates Tensions for Financial Institutions
January 25, 2023
Firm News and Events

John B. Baxter Named Chair of Krieg DeVault’s Commercial and Real Estate Lending Practice
January 1, 2023
Firm News and Events

Krieg DeVault Adds Associates Andrew N. Warner, Katelyn E. Doering, Alexus D. Lucas, and Michael J. Moser
November 1, 2022
Firm News and Events

Krieg DeVault Expands Chicago Office with Financial Services Partners Laurie A. Martin Montplaisir and Parker E. Lawton
October 17, 2022
Financial Services

CFPB Announces Consent Order with Bank for "Authorized-Positive Overdraft Transactions"
September 29, 2022
Firm News and Events

Jeffrey L. Ledbetter Joins Krieg DeVault’s Financial Institutions Practice
September 27, 2022
Financial Services

Your Customer Is Heading Towards Bankruptcy, What Should You Do Now?
June 23, 2022
Financial Services

Recent Developments in Fair Lending Discrimination as a UDAAP Violation and Algorithmic Redlining
June 2, 2022
Financial Services

Indiana’s Newly Passed LIBOR Legislation Immediately Preempted by Federal Counterpart
March 31, 2022
Financial Services

CFPB Significantly Expands UDAAP Authority to Address Discrimination
March 21, 2022
Firm News and Events

Patrick Fagan Joins Krieg DeVault’s Commercial and Real Estate Lending Practice
February 28, 2022
Firm News and Events

Julie A. Johnsten and Crystal L. Stallworth Join Krieg DeVault as Paralegals
February 1, 2022
Secured Lender

Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act Passes U.S. House…Again
April 20, 2021
Secured Lender

CFPB Issues Finalized Changes To Regulation F To Implement The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
December 16, 2020
Secured Lender

Indiana Supreme Court Further Extends Partial Protection of CARES Act Recovery Rebates
November 12, 2020
Secured Lender

IRS Instructs Lenders not to File Form 1099-C for Forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program Loans
October 1, 2020
Secured Lender

Moratorium on Indiana Residential Foreclosures and Evictions Extended Through August 14, 2020
July 31, 2020
Secured Lender

Reminder: Post-Judgment Interest on Indiana State-Court Judgments Tolled Until August 15, 2020
July 14, 2020
Secured Lender

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Reaffirms the Necessity of Adhering to the Bankruptcy Code Text
July 14, 2020
Financial Services

US Supreme Court Rules Structure of the CFPB Unconstitutional, Preserves Bureau's Authority to Operate
June 30, 2020
Secured Lender

A Bankruptcy Court Weighs In: Do Force Majeure Clauses Excuse Commercial Tenants from Paying Rent?
June 23, 2020
Secured Lender

Eviction and Foreclosure Moratoriums Extended to August 31, 2020 for Federally-Backed Mortgages
June 17, 2020
Secured Lender

Changes are Coming to the Indiana Consumer Credit Code - Are you Ready?
June 15, 2020
Secured Lender

TILA and the Right of Rescission: Illinois Adopts One-Year Limitation Period
June 10, 2020
Financial Services

OCC Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Digital Banking Activities
June 8, 2020
Secured Lender

A Hospital's Bankruptcy Filing Dramatically Changes the Equation for Medical Providers
June 8, 2020
Secured Lender

Indiana Supreme Court Extends Partial Protection of CARES Act Recovery Rebates
May 31, 2020
Secured Lender

Illinois Eviction Moratorium: Relief Extended to Non-Residential Tenants
April 28, 2020
Secured Lender

COVID-19 and Supplemental Proceedings: Illinois Supreme Court Provides Guidance
April 28, 2020
Secured Lender

COVID-19 and the Mortgage Industry: Embracing the Virus on the Legislative and Regulatory Front
April 26, 2020
Financial Services

Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act Update
April 21, 2020
Secured Lender

Indiana Supreme Court Orders Partial Protection of CARES Act Recovery Rebates Payments
April 20, 2020
Financial Services

Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions
April 14, 2020
Financial Services

The CARES Act: Provisions Directly Affecting Financial Institutions
March 26, 2020
Financial Services

A Message from Krieg DeVault LLP's Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Practice Group on Our Response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic
March 23, 2020
Financial Services

NCUA Issues Proposed Rule Allowing Some Credit Unions to Issue Subordinated Debt
January 26, 2020