Faculty Profile: Laura Anderson

Lauren W. Anderson concentrates her practice in the areas of corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Anderson's experience includes venture capital, private placements, mezzanine and other equity and debt financings, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance, initial public and secondary offerings, and operational contracts. She is also a member of the Firm's Emerging Company and Behavioral Health teams. Before joining Baker Donelson, Ms. Anderson was a shareholder at a Nashville law firm, a solo practitioner focusing on private offerings and start-up ventures, and general counsel to Superior Renal Care, Inc.

 

Recent private placement, private equity and venture capital transactions include representing issuers in behavioral health, financial consulting, commercial real estate and manufacturing industries. Debt financing transactions have involved representing businesses in health care, manufacturing, technology and other sectors. Recent merger and acquisition activity has been in such industries as medical devices, technology services, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. Ms. Anderson regularly advises corporate boards as to fiduciary duties and other governance and compliance issues. She also served as local counsel to a public company regarding its $150 million line of credit, represented landowners regarding long-term leases with solar energy developers and operators, and prepared operating contracts for a 1 MW solar array at a Tennessee airport.

 

Ms. Anderson has been involved in various global business transactions with entities either formed or operating in such diverse locales as Germany, the United Kingdom, Costa Rica, Dubai, Japan, Italy, China and the Netherlands.