Career
EXPERIENCE
- Outside General Counsel to High Net Worth Individuals and Families, Family Offices and Family-Owned Businesses
- Privacy Planning
- Succession Planning
- Creation and Structuring of Family Offices
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Finance
RESULTS
- Represented families on various legal matters involving wealth transfer, investment structures, ownership and governance matters including shareholders agreements.
- Structured family offices for clients following sale of family business.
- Represented $2 billion family-owned construction, engineering, hotel, real estate and oil and gas business in a series of restructuring, finance and tax-free spin-off transactions.
- Represented international oil and gas service company in connection with multiple strategic acquisitions totaling over $500 million.
- Represented borrowers in over $20 billion in various debt financing transactions, including both secured and unsecured term loans and revolving credit facilities.
- Represented clients in purchase and sale of specialty assets such as vacation homes and aircraft.
Experience
Lauren Ciminello serves as Chair of the Family Office practice for Jackson Walker. Her corporate and finance background allows her to provide a more holistic and strategic approach to advising ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs), families, family offices, and family-owned businesses. She has advised high-net-worth individuals, families, business owners and family offices on a wide variety of legal matters, such as corporate governance, inter-generational planning, including business and family succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, finance, and estate and tax planning to help clients achieve their business and personal goals. Lauren regularly advises owners and executive teams, working collaboratively with other professional advisors, to develop and implement comprehensive corporate and finance structuring, together with tax and estate planning, to help minimize liability and preserve wealth for future generations.