Lauren Friend McKelveyPartner

Lauren counsels emerging companies on their corporate activities, legal and regulatory compliance, and transactions. She also advises funds on their investments in these emerging companies. Lauren handles the following matters for her clients:

• Corporate governance and general corporate matters
• Privacy and regulatory compliance
• Financial services compliance
• Cybersecurity compliance and response
• Technology contract drafting and negotiations, including master services agreements, licensing agreements, terms of service, reseller agreements
• Restructuring and workout transactions
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Seed, angel, and venture capital funding
• Private equity transactions
• Debt financings

Lauren understands the unique needs of emerging companies having served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of a FinTech startup that was ultimately acquired by a public company.

• Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, Juris Doctor, May 2009
• Georgetown University Graduate School of Foreign Service, Masters of Arts, May 2005
• Sweet Briar College, Bachelors of Arts, May 2003

• Board of Directors of the Freedom Bank of Virginia since 2018
• Board of Directors of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) since 2014
• Member of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) from 2019- 2022
• Member Eastern District of Virginia Local Bankruptcy Rules Standing Committee from 2016-2017

• Virginia Bar
• District of Columbia Bar
• U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit and Fourth Circuit
• U.S. District Courts for District of Columbia, Eastern District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Eastern District of Virginia, and Western District of Virginia
• U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for District of Columbia, Eastern District of Virginia, and Western District of Virginia

• “Top Lawyer” by the Washingtonian magazine (2017-2018)
• “Virginia Business Legal Elite” by the Virginia Bar Association and Virginia Business magazine (2018)
• “Top Lawyer” by the Northern Virginia Magazine (2018)
• “Rising Star” of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (2014)
• “Rising Star” by Virginia Super Lawyers (2013-2019)
• “Rising Star” by D.C. Super Lawyers (2014-2019)
• “Outstanding Pro Bono Contributions” by Wiley Rein LLP (2013)

• New Fair Lending Rules Under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, StreetShares Platform Podcast (December 2021)
• Four Important Vendor Compliance Questions You Should Be Asking, Independent Banker (September 2021)
• Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Forgiveness: The Sequel, StreetShares Platform Webinar Series (February 24, 2021)
• Major Implications for PPP Forgiveness, StreetShares Platform Webinar Series (July 8, 2020)
• Shutdown Playbook, Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) National Capital Program (McLean, VA | January 17, 2019)
• Fee Issues in Bankruptcy Cases, Virginia CLE and the Bankruptcy Law Section of the Virginia State Bar Annual Bankruptcy Practice Seminar (March 1, 2019 | Richmond, VA)
• Asset Identification & Recovery in International Insolvencies, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) 24th Annual Fall Conference (Las Vegas, NV | October 8, 2017)
• Ponzi’s the Name, Clawback’s the Game: The Anatomy of Ponzi Scheme, IWIRC and the Maryland State Bar Association Consumer Bankruptcy Section (Baltimore, MD | April 6, 2017)
• Shedding the Pounds of Debt: Mortgage Lien-Stripping in Chapters 7 and 11, ABI 11th Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop Materials (August 2015)
• Speaking Up: Effective Presentation Skills, IWIRC Washington, DC Network’s Second Annual Professional Development Panel (Arlington, VA | November 9, 2015)
• Harness Your Strong Arm Powers: A Five-Point Checklist for Bringing Claims Under § 544, American Bankruptcy Trustee Journal Vol. 31, No. 1 (June 30, 2015)
• A Guide to Retail Chapter 11 Cases for Commercial Landlords, Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Corporate Counsel Meeting (Bethesda, MD | May 7, 2014)
• Can Bankrupt Law Firms Claw Back ‘Unfinished Biz’ Profits?, Law360 (May 30, 2014)
• A Primer on Serving the IRS and Other Federal and State Governmental Entities, NABTalk Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring 2014)
• Bankruptcy Court Declines to Extend Automatic Stay to Foreign Debtor’s U.S. Subsidiary, ABI International Committee News, Vol. 10 No. 1 (February 2013)
• Business Lending: Recent Legal Developments, ABI’s Risky Times for Secured Lenders and Servicers Workshop (Alexandria, VA | November 6, 2013)
• Can a Bankrupt Franchisee Assign Its Franchise Without the Franchisor’s Consent?, Franchise Alert (November 5, 2013)
• Take Back That Jet: Managing Turbulence in Aircraft Repossession, AirWorthy (June 2010)
• Federal Receiverships, ABI 6th Annual Mid-Atlantic Bankruptcy Workshop Materials (August 2010)