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Nina L. Flax

Corporate & Securities, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions

"Nina is an exceptional attorney who provides sound legal counsel through complex and dynamic negotiations.  She is creative, detail-oriented and has a gift for quickly synthesizing multiple business concepts into legal guidance."
Chambers USA

Overview

Nina Flax maintains a broad corporate practice representing late-stage private and public companies in complex corporate transactions – mergers, equity and asset acquisitions, Section 363 transactions, and domestic and international joint ventures and consortiums. Nina also counsels clients regarding transformational commercial transactions, including intellectual property licenses, co-development agreements, application integration agreements and technology alliance agreements.

Nina is recognized as an “Up & Coming” leading Corporate/M&A lawyer in Chambers USA 2021. According to Chambers USA 2021, Nina is “an exceptional attorney who provides sound legal counsel through complex and dynamic negotiations. She is creative, detail-oriented and has a gift for quickly synthesizing multiple business concepts into legal guidance. She gives incisive commercial insights that gives us confidence and clarity."

Experience

Automotive Technology

  • Represented General Motors in its $7.2 billion Ultium Cells joint venture with LG Energy Solutions to produce battery cells for electric vehicles.
  • Represented General Motors in its collaboration with Pilot and EVgo to establish a national DC fast charging network.
  • Represented General Motors in its acquisition through its newly formed Technology Acceleration and Commercialization (TAC) organization of the assets of ALGOLiON Ltd., an Israel-based battery software startup.

Recognition

  • Recognized as “Up and Coming” leading Corporate/M&A lawyer in Chambers USA 2021
  • Named to the 2021 list of “Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology” by the National Diversity Council
  • Named a 2019 “40 Under 40” honoree at the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s annual awards ceremony
  • Named a 2019 “California Trailblazers” by The Recorder

Education

  • Harvard Law School, JD
  • Duke University, BA, with high honors

Admissions

  • Illinois
  • California

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Hispanic National Bar Association
  • Mayer Brown’s Recruiting Committee
  • Mayer Brown’s Committee on Diversity and Inclusion
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