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    Lauren S. Boehmke

    Partner

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    New York

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    Recognized as a “Rising Star” by Law360, Lauren is a partner in the Firm’s General Practice Group. She advises clients on a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, including public and private M&A, corporate governance, activism and takeover defense, and other public company advisory matters. Lauren has represented clients across the industry spectrum, including in the consumer & retail, sports, media and entertainment, healthcare, technology and power & utilities industries.

    Lauren was named to Bloomberg Law’s 2022 “They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40,” which recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding young lawyers nationwide and The Hollywood Reporter’s “Hollywood’s Top Dealmakers of 2022: The 360-Degree Thinkers.” She is also a member of S&C’s Women’s Initiative Committee and the recipient of the inaugural Alexandra D. Korry Award given to a member of the S&C community who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and commitment to supporting, mentoring and serving as a resource to women at S&C and in the legal profession during the preceding year. She is a member of Law360’s 2023 Media & Entertainment Editorial Advisory Board. Lauren also recently served as co-chair of the corporate subcommittee of the New York City Bar Association Sports Law Committee.

    Lauren regularly contributes to thought leadership in the M&A and corporate governance space. She recently spoke on the panel “The New Age of Corporate Governance” for PLI’s Hot Topics for In-House Counsel 2024 program and co-authored the United States chapter on shareholder activism for the seventh edition of The Shareholder Rights and Activism Review as well as a Law360 article on information-sharing rights for director-nominees. Lauren has also participated in S&C’s Critical Insights podcast series.

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    S&C Advises Masimo Corporation on Sale of Consumer Audio Business to HARMAN International

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    S&C Advises Bally’s Special Committee in $4.6 Billion Acquisition by Standard General and Concurrent Combination with The Queen Casino & Entertainment

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    S&C Advises Industrious in $800 Million Acquisition by CBRE

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    Lauren Boehmke Discusses the Role of M&A Lawyer with IFLR

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    Lauren Boehmke Comments on Uptick in Board Committees

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    Experience

    Experience

    • AMC Networks (U.S.) in its initial control investment in RLJ Entertainment (U.S.) and its going private acquisition of the remainder of RLJ Entertainment, as well as its investments in fuboTV (U.S.) and the BritBox SVOD platform with BBC (U.K.) and ITV (U.K.), and a variety of corporate governance and board related matters
    • AT&T (U.S.) in its spin-off of WarnerMedia (U.S.) into Discovery (U.S.), under which WarnerMedia combined with Discovery, which created a premier, standalone global entertainment company and as an investor in Hello Sunshine (U.S.), a media company founded by Reese Witherspoon, in Hello Sunshine’s transaction involving a majority investment from a newly formed company backed by Blackstone (U.S.)

    • CONMED (U.S.) in its acquisition of Biorez (U.S.) for up to $250 million, acquisition of In2Bones Global (U.S.) for up to $255 million, the change of its state of incorporation from New York to Delaware, $365 million acquisition of Buffalo Filter (U.S.), $265 million acquisition of SurgiQuest (U.S.) and in connection with a variety of corporate governance and board related matters
    • Connecticut Water Service (U.S.) in its $1.1 billion acquisition by SJW Group (U.S.)
    • Confidential clients in the purchase and sale of minority interest in various NBA franchises, including the Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies
    • Diageo (U.K.) in its acquisitions of Loyal 9 Cocktails from Sons of Liberty Spirits (U.S.), and Lone River Ranch Water from Far West Spirits (U.S.)
    • The special committee of the Board of Trustees of Diversified Healthcare Trust (U.S.) in its proposed merger with Office Properties Income Trust (U.S.), later terminated
    • Industrious National Management Company (U.S.) in its acquisition by CBRE (U.S.) at an enterprise value of $800 million
    • Kraft Foods Group (U.S.) in its $55 billion merger with H.J. Heinz Company (U.S.) to create The Kraft Heinz Company
    • Madison Square Garden Entertainment (U.S.) in connection with its spin-off of its traditional live entertainment business and a variety of corporate governance, board and league related matters
    • Madison Square Garden Sports (U.S.) in the 2020 spin-off separating its sports and entertainment businesses, the sale of its 50% interest in its Azoff MSG Entertainment joint venture and a variety of corporate governance, board and league related matters
    • Manhattan Mini Storage (U.S.) in its acquisition by StorageMart (U.S.)
    • MSG Networks (U.S.) in the 2015 spin-off of its sports and entertainment business into a separate publicly traded company, The Madison Square Garden Company (U.S.)
    • NMG (U.S.), parent company of Neiman Marcus (U.S.) and Bergdorf Goodman (U.S.), in its $2.7 billion acquisition by HBC (Canada), parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue (U.S.)
    • Panera Bread Company (U.S.) in its $7.5 billion acquisition by JAB (Luxembourg)
    • Peabody Energy Corporation (U.S.) in its agreement with Elliott Management (U.S.) providing for the addition of four new directors to Peabody’s board
    • Recruit Holdings (Japan), 51job’s (China) largest shareholder, in connection with the $4.3 billion LBO of 51job by a buyout group that included 51job’s CEO Rick Yan, Recruit, DCP Capital Partners (China) and Ocean Link Partners (China)
    • Stemcentrx (U.S.) in its $9.8 billion acquisition by AbbVie (U.S.)
    • Tanker Investments (Marshall Islands) Special Committee of the Board of Directors in connection with Tanker Investments’ merger with Teekay Tankers (Marshall Islands) to create a company with combined total assets of $2.4 billion
    • Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Teck Resources (Canada) in Teck's $9 billion sale of its steelmaking coal business, Elk Valley Resources (Canada), with Glencore (Switzerland) acquiring the majority stake, as well as in connection with unsolicited acquisition proposals from Glencore, the dropped spin-off of Elk Valley Resources, and the six-year sunset for the multiple voting rights attached to the Class A common shares of Teck
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises Masimo Corporation on Sale of Consumer Audio Business to HARMAN International

      May 8, 2025
    • S&C Advises Bally’s Special Committee in $4.6 Billion Acquisition by Standard General and Concurrent Combination with The Queen Casino & Entertainment

      February 13, 2025
    • S&C Advises Industrious in $800 Million Acquisition by CBRE

      January 27, 2025
    • Lauren Boehmke Comments on Uptick in Board Committees

      October 28, 2024
    • S&C Advises Neiman Marcus Group in Agreement to be Acquired by HBC for $2.65 Billion

      July 8, 2024
    • S&C Advises Teck Resources on Sale of Steelmaking Coal Business

      December 7, 2023
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    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    Publications, Videos and Podcasts

    • Lauren Boehmke Discusses the Role of M&A Lawyer with IFLR

      Articles January 24, 2025
    • Brian Frawley, Lauren Boehmke and Susan Lindsay Author Law360 Article on Information-Sharing Rights for Director-Nominees

      Articles April 23, 2024
    • 2023 Corporate Governance Developments

      Emerging Issues September 7, 2023
    • Frank Aquila and Lauren Boehmke Co-Author Chapter for The Shareholder Rights and Activism Review

      Articles August 22, 2023
    • Review of 2022 U.S. Shareholder Activism and a Look Ahead

      Podcasts January 5, 2023
    • 2022 U.S. Shareholder Activism and Activist Settlement Agreements Review

      Podcasts December 8, 2022
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2013
    • University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 2007
    • The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, B.S., 2007

    Bar Admissions

    • New York
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    Related Practices

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    • General Practice
    • Corporate Governance
    • Family Office and Business Advisory
    • Media & Telecommunications
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Sports & Entertainment
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