Krisanne Cunningham

Practice Areas

Krisanne S. Cunningham is a Director at Fennemore, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, LLCs/joint ventures, capital raises, incentive equity, and complex commercial transactions. With more than 25 years of experience, she advises public and private companies, boards of directors, investors, and entrepreneurs on strategic transactions, corporate structuring, incentive equity, capital raises, restructurings, and exit strategies.

Krisanne regularly leads sophisticated buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars and is particularly known for her experience with LLCs/joint ventures, corporate governance, and tax-efficient transaction structures. Her practice includes advising clients across a broad array of industries on operational matters, ownership transitions, succession planning, private equity transactions, and complex corporate transactions.

She serves as Chair of the Tax Section of the State Bar of Nevada and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section. Krisanne is recognized for advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate governance, business succession planning, ownership transitions, fiduciary duty matters, and strategic corporate transactions. Krisanne graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Professional Memberships

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Member, Executive Women’s Council, Metro Chamber of Commerce

Publications

Author, Nevada Corporate M&A 2026 Guide, Chambers Global, 2026