Lauren learned early in her career that she thrives in the controlled chaos of ensuring all of the pieces are put in place to get the deal done.
Lauren has more than a decade of experience as a dealmaker, and is known for her creative problem solving and practical approach to addressing and resolving complex issues and hurdles encountered in corporate transactions. Lauren identifies risks and works with clients to address them, while maintaining the client’s business and financial goals and objectives as her top priority.
Lauren has extensive experience with many different types of deals, including mergers and acquisitions with both strategic and financial buyers, joint ventures, corporate formation and restructurings, outsourcing agreements, several types of commercial contracts, and various other complex commercial transactions. Lauren also acts as first point of legal contact for various businesses and advises on the legal issues that they encounter in day-to-day operations.
Prior to joining Husch Blackwell, Lauren spent the majority of her career at an AmLaw Top 5 firm in Chicago advising clients in high-stakes corporate restructurings, and upon her return to Southwest Missouri, managed her own firm where she provided outside general counsel services to a variety of companies.