Lauren Weisman Stein Joins Balch & Bingham, Strengthens Corporate & Commercial Practice

Balch & Bingham is excited to welcome Lauren Weisman Stein as a partner in the firm’s Jacksonville, Florida office, strengthening our Corporate & Commercial Practice with her vast experience supporting a variety of business and transactional matters.

Lauren’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private placement fundraising, and complex commercial contracting. Lauren supports clients across various industries including healthcare, technology, energy, consumer goods, and professional services.

Another key component of Lauren’s practice is her experience acting as outside general counsel, handling issues including entity formations, partnership arrangements, corporate governance, intellectual property, customer and vendor contracting, and regulatory compliance. Her practice also includes business and growth strategy, pre-transaction grooming, and high-level dispute management. 

“We are excited to welcome Lauren to Balch,” said Tara Ellis, Chair of the firm’s Corporate & Commercial Practice. “Her broad experience in corporate matters, particularly in mergers and acquisitions, is a great complement to our team and will enhance our capabilities to better serve our clients.”

Lauren received her J.D., cum laude, from William & Mary Law School. She is a member of the North Florida Association for Corporate Growth and a member of the board for Smart North Florida. She has been recognized for excellence by The Best Lawyers in America®, and by Super Lawyers, named a Rising Star since 2021. 

“I am excited to join Balch,” said Lauren. “I look forward to working with the talented attorneys at the firm to provide creative and innovative solutions for our clients. The larger, full scale platform Balch provides was very attractive to me as I continue to look for ways to enhance the client experience.”

“Jacksonville’s dynamic and growing market presents exciting opportunities, and I’m thrilled to continue building on Balch’s presence in the city,” Lauren added.  

Members of Balch’s Corporate & Commercial Practice are actively engaged in the formation of business entities and in advising clients in a wide variety of corporate transactions, mergers & acquisitions, corporate financings, and securities law compliance matters. The firm also regularly advises public and private companies with respect to state law fiduciary responsibilities to shareholders, directors’ and officers’ liability, inquiries from analysts and the financial press, mergers and acquisitions, corporate borrowings and banking relationships, securities law compliance, tax matters, executive compensation matters, and other corporate governance and general corporate matters.