Overview
Laura Davis is a partner in the Corporate department and counsels clients in private equity transactions and general corporate matters. Laura is experienced in leading acquisitions, divestitures, and other corporate transactions. Laura also leads professional development programs for the firm's Corporate associates and helps coordinate practice technology pilots, including artificial intelligence applications, for Corporate attorneys.
Services
Practice Areas
Experience
Representative Matters
- Led strategic acquisition of an automotive supplier in the software industry
- Led acquisitions for private equity platform in the building services industry
- Led sale of a minority interest in an insurance company
- Led divestiture of client's investment in a technology company
- Counseled a long-term care and ancillary products insurance company in corporate matters
- Negotiated and implemented a $45 million sale of an auto supplier
- Advised outlet retailer regarding general corporate matters, including supply agreements, consulting agreements, and corporate governance matters
- Represented private equity firm acquisition of distributor of bundled software and technical support
- Led asset purchase of full-service construction and gravel hauling business
- Represented a private equity client in an equity investment in a mobile enterprise and solutions company
- Participated in the asset sale by a satellite and aerial imagery provider of its aircraft-based aerial surveying business
- Assisted in a $60 million sale of healthcare corporation’s joint venture interest to its joint venture partner
- Participated in the formation of a limited partnership for a joint venture created to hold a portfolio of $1.7 billion in distressed real estate assets
- Represented private equity fund/lead investor in an equity financing of a technology company with proprietary technology related to oil and gas exploration and production
- Assisted in a $46 million stock and cash acquisition of a geospatial analytics company by a satellite and aerial imagery provider
Prior Experience
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Assistant General Counsel - Corporate Transactions, Detroit, Mich., 2016-2017
- Honigman LLP, Associate, Detroit, Mich., 2013-2016
- Baker Botts, LLP, Associate, Washington, D.C., 2009-2013
- International Finance Corporation, Law Clerk, Istanbul, Turkey, 2008
- Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Adjunct Scholar, Law Clerk, Midland, Mich., 2004-2007
Clerkships
- Judge Robert H. Cleland, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Judicial Clerk
Academic Appointments
University of Michigan, Department of English, Graduate Student Instructor, Ann Arbor, Michigan (past)
Credentials
Education
- cum laude; Bates Fellow
- Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review, Executive Articles Editor
- English Language and Literature
- with highest distinction; with honors in English; Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
- Michigan
Recognition
Professional & Community Involvement
State Bar of Michigan
Board of Trustees, Church Extension Fund, 2022-present; Nominating Committee, Michigan District, LCMS, 2015-2022
Board of Directors, Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation, 2018-2020
Vestry Board, Historic Trinity Lutheran Church, Detroit, 2014-2020
Thrivent Member Network Regional Board - Great Lakes Region, 2017