Partner
Lauren A. Gallagher
- Corporate Governance
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
LAUREN GALLAGHER counsels and advises clients on a variety of employee benefits and executive compensation issues including advising on such issues which arise in connection with corporate transactions. Lauren’s practice includes counseling clients with respect to the design and administration of qualified and nonqualified plans including drafting plan documents, participant disclosures, government filings and filings under corrective programs, and conducting investment reviews for corporate pension plans. Additionally, Lauren advises investment managers on the operation of hedge funds and other investment entities in compliance with the prohibited transaction and fiduciary duty rules under ERISA.
Experience
- Representative Matters
- Representing ZMC in the sale of its portfolio company 9 Story Media Group to Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL) for approximately US$186 million.
- Represented Fifth Star in PARTS iD’s Chapter 11 restructuring.
- Represented Hennessy Capital Investment Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in its agreement to combine with Plus (formerly Plus.ai), a global provider of self-driving truck technology, with an implied pro forma equity value of US$3.3 billion.
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Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- Illinois
Education
- University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 2009 (summa cum laude, Order of the Coif)
- Harvard University, B.A., 2004