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“Lauren Ciminello is one of the best lawyers I know. In the years that I have worked with her, she has always been thorough, diligent, creative, and fierce in representing our company.”

— Paul Hensley, Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO, Holt Texas, Ltd.

“I have been so fortunate to work with Lauren Ciminello on a number of projects over the last ten years. It is certainly an advantage to have someone on your side that knows your business, understands your goals, and will serve to ensure that your company completes a transaction in the best possible position.”

— Leticia Mond, Vice President & Treasurer, Zachry Construction & Materials

Jackson Walker
Lauren Sracic Ciminello

Lauren Sracic Ciminello

Partner, San Antonio
210.978.7736
lciminello@jw.com
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Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results

Practice Areas

  • Corporate & Securities

Experience

  • Family Office
  • Family-Owned Business
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures

Biography

Lauren Ciminello is a partner in the firm’s corporate practice where she serves as the firm-wide chair of the Family Office practice, a leadership position she has held for 4 years. She is incredibly adept at advising families and closely held businesses.

Working with these families, she has guided them through various complex business transactions including forming new ventures, mergers, acquisitions, public and private offerings of securities, and contract negotiations. Her practice is further complemented by experience in planning for complex corporate, family, and inter-generational matters, including family succession and estate planning and tax, management and business succession strategies that help clients preserve wealth and achieve their business and personal goals.

Lauren guides these businesses through their finance transactions and has worked on negotiating complex financing transactions totaling over $2.5 billion.

Education

B.B.A., Baylor University
J.D., St. Mary’s University School of Law

  • Associate Editor, St. Mary’s Law Journal
  • Member, Phi Delta Phi Honor Society

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2005

Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Community Involvement Client Results
  • Represented $2 billion family-owned construction, engineering, hotel, real estate and oil and gas business in a series of restructuring, finance and tax-free spin-off transactions.
  • Represented international oil and gas service company in connection with purchase of multiple strategic acquisitions in two years.
  • Represented borrowers in over $1 billion in various debt financing transactions, including both secured and unsecured term loans and revolving credit facilities.
  • Represented clients in both the purchase and sale of aircraft.
  • “Best S.A. Lawyers” List, San Antonio Scene, 2013-2020
    • Business & Corporate
    • Closely Held Business
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • “Rising Star Lawyers” List, San Antonio Scene, 2008-2013
  • 40 Under 40 – Rising Star, San Antonio Business Journal, 2010
  • ATHENA Organizational Leadership Award, North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, 2014
  • Founders Council for the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, 2013-Present
  • Family Service Association, Board of Directors, 2011-Present
    • Program Evaluation Committee
    • Board Engagement Committee
    • Nominations Committee
    • Festival of Lights – Auction Committee
  • National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) – San Antonio
    • Million Dollar Roundtable, Co-host
    • Great Conversations, Co-host
    • Entrepreneurial Spirit Awards, Judging Panel
  • State Bar of Texas
  • American Bar Association
  • San Antonio Bar Association
  • St. Mary’s Law Alumni Association
  • Baylor Alumni Association
  • Kappa Delta Alumni Association
  • San Antonio Chamber – Leadership San Antonio Class, 2013
  • Haven for Hope
Jackson Walker Represents San Antonio Family Offices in Complex Aircraft Deal

January 8, 2014

Practice Experience

  • Represented $2 billion family-owned construction, engineering, hotel, real estate and oil and gas business in a series of restructuring, finance and tax-free spin-off transactions.
  • Represented international oil and gas service company in connection with purchase of multiple strategic acquisitions in two years.
  • Represented borrowers in over $1 billion in various debt financing transactions, including both secured and unsecured term loans and revolving credit facilities.
  • Represented clients in both the purchase and sale of aircraft.

Recognition & Accolades

  • “Best S.A. Lawyers” List, San Antonio Scene, 2013-2020
    • Business & Corporate
    • Closely Held Business
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • “Rising Star Lawyers” List, San Antonio Scene, 2008-2013
  • 40 Under 40 – Rising Star, San Antonio Business Journal, 2010
  • ATHENA Organizational Leadership Award, North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, 2014

Community Involvement

  • Founders Council for the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, 2013-Present
  • Family Service Association, Board of Directors, 2011-Present
    • Program Evaluation Committee
    • Board Engagement Committee
    • Nominations Committee
    • Festival of Lights – Auction Committee
  • National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) – San Antonio
    • Million Dollar Roundtable, Co-host
    • Great Conversations, Co-host
    • Entrepreneurial Spirit Awards, Judging Panel
  • State Bar of Texas
  • American Bar Association
  • San Antonio Bar Association
  • St. Mary’s Law Alumni Association
  • Baylor Alumni Association
  • Kappa Delta Alumni Association
  • San Antonio Chamber – Leadership San Antonio Class, 2013
  • Haven for Hope

Practice Areas

  • Corporate & Securities

Experience

  • Family Office
  • Family-Owned Business
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures

News

  • ‘Scene in S.A.’ Recognizes 40 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2020 “Best S.A. Lawyers” and “Rising Star Lawyers” Lists
  • ‘San Antonio Scene’ Recognizes 39 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2019 “Best Lawyers” List
  • ‘San Antonio Scene’ Recognizes All San Antonio Attorneys in “Best Lawyers” List
  • Lauren Ciminello Named to San Antonio Business Journal’s “2017 Outstanding Lawyer” List
  • 36 Jackson Walker Attorneys Recognized in S.A. Scene’s 2017 Best Lawyers List
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