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Lulu Ward

Associate
New York
About

Lulu Ward advises on a broad range of bespoke capital solutions transactions, representing global asset managers, strategic investors, and public, sponsor-owned, and closely held companies. Her experience includes preferred and structured equity financings, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, rollups and spinouts, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and governance matters.

Areas of FocusFinanceCorporateMergers and AcquisitionsInvestment Management and FundsPrivate Equity
Bar admissionsNew York
Education
  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2023
    Business Law Scholar
    cum laude
  • B.S., Economics and Global Business, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, 2020

EXPERIENCE

  • Counsel to numerous issuers, private equity firms and private credit firms in preferred stock and hybrid capital transactions
  • Represented a leading private investment firm in its acquisition of a portfolio of aircraft engines from a British multinational manufacturer valued at more than $450 million
  • Represented a leading private investment firm in a complex debt and equity restructuring involving multiple foreclosures and follow-on investment
  • Represented a leading sovereign wealth fund as the lead investor in a landmark US$1.0 billion strategic minority equity investment in a healthcare payments and technology solutions company
  • Represented a leading private investment firm in its equity investment in a newly established mid-life aircraft financing joint venture
  • Represented a leading global asset manager in a US$100 million preferred equity investment in an international oil manufacturer
  • Represented a bespoke capital solutions investor in a syndicated hybrid capital investment in a parking and infrastructure conglomerate
  • Represented a private investment firm in its preferred equity investment in a leading marketing and media strategy company 
  • Represented the ad hoc creditors committee in the prepackaged bankruptcy of a consumer lending company with over US$2 billion in debt

List may include matters worked on prior to joining DLA Piper.

 

Pro Bono

  • Counsel to multiple asylum seekers and their derivative applicants
  • Outside pro bono corporate counsel to a non-profit organization that focuses on the safety and security of immigrant minors 
  • Counsel to multiple T- and U-visa applicants
  • Represented multiple VAWA self-petitioners

List may include matters worked on prior to joining DLA Piper.

Prior Experience

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Lulu was an associate in the corporate and finance practice at an Am Law 50 international law firm in New York City. Prior to law school, Lulu worked in data operations at a tech startup that has since been acquired by Snap.

Connect

Phone

+1 212 335 4821
(Work, New York)
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