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Erika Lopez

Erika P. López

Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Erika López is a corporate partner in Baker McKenzie's Chicago office and a member of the Firm's North America Transactional Practice Group and the Global Private Equity Practice Group.

Erika is recognized in Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2023) and received the "Top Lawyers Under 40" Award from the Hispanic National Bar Association (2020).

Practice Focus

Erika advises private equity sponsors, private companies and public companies on a variety of complex transactional matters, including leveraged buy-outs, mergers and acquisitions, stock and asset purchases, carve-out transactions, divestitures, and minority investments. Erika also counsels clients on corporate governance and other general corporate matters.

Representative Legal Matters

  • New Water Capital in its acquisition of Dutch Gold Honey and related businesses.

  • Cinven Ltd-backed Environmental Science U.S. LLC (d/b/a Envu) in its acquisition of the global non-crop pesticide business of FMC Corporation.

  • Astorg and Cobepa-backed Corsearch in its acquisition of Edison IP Enforcement.

  • One Equity Partners-backed Bution Holdco 1, LLC in carve out sale of their industrial distribution business to funds advised by Wynnchurch Capital.

  • Orora on its 1.2 billion sale of its North American packaging and distribution business to PEbacked Veritiv Corporation.

  • New Water Capital in its acquisition of Emerald EMS and its subsequent sale of the platform to Crestview Partners.

  • New Water Capital in its acquisition of Nelson-Miller, Inc.

Prior to joining the Firm, Erika handled the following matters:

  • Transom Capital Group in its acquisition of Aden & Anais, Inc., a global designer and manufacturer of infant products.

  • Thoma Bravo in its acquisition of Proofpoint, Inc.

  • New Mountain Capital, LLC in its sale of Careismatic Brands, Inc. to Partners Group.

  • Trilantic North America in its acquisition of Taymax Group Holdings LLC, a leading Planet Fitness franchisee.

  • Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Spectrum Brands in connection with the USD 10 billion merger of Spectrum Brands and HRG Group.

  • New Mountain Capital in its USD 596 million acquisition of TRC Companies, Inc.

Professional Honors

  • Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2023
  • Hispanic National Bar Association, Top Lawyers Under 40, 2020

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Board Trustee, Hispanic Lawyers Scholarship Fund of Illinois

Corporate Responsibility

  • Teach for America, Chicago Region, 2008

Judicial Clerkships


  • Honorable Judge Edgardo Ramos, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Admissions

  • Illinois~United States
  • New York~United States

Education

  • Cornell Law School (JD)
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (BA in Economics & Political Science)

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
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