Lara Alkarim is an associate in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. Lara specializes in advising financial sponsors and their portfolio companies in complex large scale and middle-market mergers and acquisitions transactions, including leveraged buyouts, divisional carve-outs, divestitures, joint ventures, leveraged recapitalizations, capital restructurings, and majority and minority investments. Lara has also counseled private equity funds and corporate clients on matters related to corporate governance and equity arrangements. Lara has participated in successful transactions in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, medical technology, information technology, life sciences, manufacturing, education, insurance and home services.

• Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2020
• Syracuse University, B.A., 2016