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

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.

  • WellCare Health Plans in its USD 800 million acquisition of Universal American Corporation.

  • Accenture in its joint venture with Apax Partners from the carve out of Accenture’s Duck Creek Technologies insurance claims, billing and policy administration software business.

  • Abbott in its acquisition of Alere Inc.

  • Corning in connection with the unwinding of its 73-year-old Dow Corning joint venture with Dow Chemical.

  • Accenture in its acquisition of Sagacious Consultants.

  • Accenture in its acquisition of Cloud Sherpas.

  • Murray Energy Corp. in its acquisition of Colombia Natural Resources.

  • Tronox Limited in its USD 1.64 billion acquisition of FMC Corporation's Alkali Chemicals Business.

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