Lauren R. Light

Associate

Direct: 404.873.8706
Fax: 404.873.8707
Atlanta
171 17th Street NW
Suite 2100
Atlanta, Georgia 30363

Biography

Lauren is an associate in the Corporate & Finance practice.

She focuses her practice on representing private and public companies in a variety of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities, finance, entity selection and formation, and other matters.

Lauren graduated from the University of Georgia, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Sociology. After graduating, she spent time in North Carolina teaching high school social studies with the Teach for America program. Upon her return to Atlanta, Lauren worked in development at a local non-profit, the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.

Lauren graduated summa cum laude from Georgia State University College of Law where she was a member of the Georgia State Law Review and a graduate research assistant for Dean Roy Sobelson.

Credentials

  • Georgia State University College of Law, Juris Doctor,
    summa cum laude
    • Order of the Coif, 2018
    • CALI Award for Excellence for receiving highest grade in Contracts II
    • CALI Award for Excellence for receiving highest grade in Professional Responsibility
    • CALI Award for Excellence for receiving highest grade in Wills, Trusts & Estates
  • University of Georgia, Bachelor of Arts - Political Science,
    cum laude
  • State of Georgia 2018

Recognition

  • Best Lawyers in America®: Ones To Watch, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2023-24

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