Lauren A. Anderson

Lauren A. Anderson is a Houston partner at Latham & Watkins LLP, who advises on private equity, M&A, joint ventures, partnerships, and business law. Her practice focuses on energy and infrastructure, including oil and gas, renewables, carbon capture, electric power, and related investment platforms. She helps companies, sponsors, developers, and investors structure complex deals, review business risks, and move projects from planning to closing. Her work supports clients in acquisitions, dispositions, capital raises, project development, and long-term growth transactions across regulated and competitive energy markets.

Lauren earned a J.D. from Tulane University Law School, graduating summa cum laude and receiving Order of the Coif honors. She also earned a B.A. from Rhodes College, graduating cum laude. Her education prepared her to manage detailed legal analysis, contract review, negotiation, and corporate planning. The J.D. supports her work on transaction documents, governance issues, and deal structures. The B.A. helped build the communication and analytical skills needed for high-value client service for sophisticated commercial matters and negotiations.

Lauren has built a law career centered on energy, infrastructure, private equity, and corporate matters. She has advised clients on renewable fuel projects, offshore wind investments, solar and battery storage transactions, carbon capture ventures, LNG interests, pipeline investments, and midstream assets. Her experience includes work for private equity funds, energy companies, infrastructure investors, and project developers. She also advises on acquisitions, preferred equity investments, joint ventures, public offerings, and restructurings involving significant business assets across both traditional and transition sectors.

Lauren A. Anderson helps clients by giving practical guidance in transactions that involve many parties, large investments, and changing market conditions. She assists with deal planning, due diligence, negotiations, and closing steps so clients can protect their interests and complete business goals. Her work has supported clean energy projects, carbon reduction efforts, infrastructure financing, and major corporate combinations. Through this experience, she helps people and organizations make informed decisions in energy, infrastructure, and private equity transactions with steady legal judgment.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
• Member, State Bar of Texas

Licensed State

• Texas

Education

• Tulane University Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Rhodes College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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