Lauren Angelilli is a partner in Cravath’s Tax Department. Her practice focuses on advising clients on the tax and structuring aspects of mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, restructurings, corporate joint ventures and fund formation, both domestically and cross-border. Ms. Angelilli also works with clients on securities offerings and other financing transactions and regularly represents clients in front of the IRS on private ruling matters.
Ms. Angelilli has acted on behalf of Time Warner Inc. on M&A and regular corporate tax matters, including its spin-off of AOL, the separation of Time Warner Cable and the split-off of the Atlanta Braves to Liberty Media Corporation. In addition, Ms. Angelilli regularly represents Bristol-Myers Squibb on general tax planning and M&A matters, most recently on the initial public offering and split-off of Mead Johnson Nutrition Company and in the sale of its ConvaTec business unit to Nordic Capital Fund VII.
Ms. Angelilli’s other recent transactions include representing:
- The Special Committee of the J.Crew Board of Directors in connection with J.Crew’s leveraged buyout by TPG and Leonard Green;
- UAL Corporation in connection with its merger of equals with Continental Airlines, Inc., creating United Continental Holdings, the world’s largest airline;
- Steven Spielberg in connection with a new DreamWorks venture and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. in connection with its initial public offering;
- White Mountains Insurance Group in connection with its split-off of certain insurance businesses to General Reinsurance;
- Sprint Corporation in connection with its merger with Nextel Communications, Inc. and later spin-off of Embarq Corporation;
- Embarq Corporation in connection with its acquisition by CenturyTel Inc.;
- Royal Dutch Shell in connection with the combination of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and Royal Dutch Shell plc; and
- Genpact Limited in connection with its initial public offering.
Ms. Angelilli was named as a leading tax practitioner in the country by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in 2010 and 2011 and was recognized by The Legal 500 for her work in tax in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Ms. Angelilli was born in New York, New York. She received a B.S. magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1996 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2000. She joined Cravath in 2000 and became a partner in 2008.
Ms. Angelilli may be reached by phone at 212-474-1016 or by email at langelilli@cravath.com.