Lauren Nieman
Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002
Lauren advises partnerships, corporations, and individuals on the federal income tax aspects of complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, reorganizations, and private equity. She also represents taxpayers in tax controversies involving complex domestic and international business transactions.
Lauren spent 6 months on secondment with Apollo Global Management, Inc.’s tax legal team, where she advised on various tax aspects of their fund formations, investments, and exits.
The following is a list of representative matters in which Lauren has assisted.
Experience Highlights
Affiliates of Global Infrastructure Partners in the acquisition of a 50 percent interest in the multi-billion dollar South Fork and Revolution Offshore Wind Projects off the East coast of the United States from Eversource Energy, including the negotiation of the joint venture arrangements with Orsted for the construction and operation of the projects and all financing arrangements (IJInvestor Joint Venture of the Year, 2024)
ProFrac Holding Corp. in its $288 million initial public offering of common stock utilizing an Up-C structure
Beard Energy Transition Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its initial public offering of units (In Registration)
Rice Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its $215 million initial public offering of units utilizing an Up-SPAC structure
Focus Financial Partners, a leading partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms, in its $7 billion acquisition by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
KKR and its portfolio company, Independence Energy, in the $5.7 billion Up-C combination of Independence Energy and Contango Oil & Gas to form Crescent Energy Company
Earthly Labs, a leading provider of small-scale carbon capture systems, in its $73 million acquisition by Chart Industries (NYSE: GTLS)
RLH Equity Partners in its investment in Astound Commerce, a global provider of digital commerce solutions
Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp. in its $1.75 billion business combination with Fisker Inc., a developer of eco-friendly electric vehicles
Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II in its $1.4 billion business combination with Volta Industries, an industry leader in commerce-centric electric vehicle charging networks
Spartan Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC, in its $345 million initial public offering of units
Credentials
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 2018
- University of Michigan, B.A. History and Spanish with high distinction, 2014
- Lauren was on secondment to a client and returned November 1, 2022
- Texas
- Spanish (proficient)
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