Lauren Marquez Benny

Lauren Marquez Benny is a business attorney in Holland & Knight's Tysons and Century City offices. With more than a decade of experience as a corporate attorney, Ms. Benny has a deep background in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), general corporate law, equity financing transactions and private equity matters. Throughout her career, she has successfully advised clients on more than 100 transactions, ranging in value from under $25 million to nearly $1 billion.

Ms. Benny's experience spans various industries, including government contracting, engineering, information technology (IT), automotive, transportation, software and professional services. She takes a strategic approach to negotiations, tailoring each transaction to meet her clients' specific goals and risk tolerance.

Ms. Benny's representative transactions include:

• advised cBEYONData, a provider of implementation, design and managed service capabilities and a portfolio company of Bluestone Investment Partners, in its sale to SMX, a leader in next-generation mission support, digital transformation and IT solutions and a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners
• advised CrossCountry Consulting, a provider of accounting, finance, risk, operations, cyber and technology-enabled transformation solutions for public and private organizations and a portfolio company of Investcorp, in its add-on acquisition of SCS Cloud, a leader in cloud-based business management software solutions with professionals in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom
• advised Quadrint, a provider of digital application modernization solutions, in its sale to CACI International, a leading provider of expertise and technology to government customers
• advised Technology Solutions Provider Inc. in connection with its sale to Abt Global, a leading research and consulting firm
• advised Axim Geospatial, a leading provider of geospatial solutions to support defense and utilities and a portfolio company of Bluestone Investment Partners, in its acquisition by NV5 Global Inc. (Nasdaq: NVEE)
• advised DLH Holdings, a healthcare systems engineering provider to federal agencies, in the following transactions: 1) $185 million acquisition of Grove Resource Solutions, an IT infrastructure firm, 2) acquisition of Irving Burton Associates and 3) acquisition of Danya International
• advised Gannett Fleming, an engineering and infrastructure provider, in receiving an investment from private equity firm OceanSound Partners
• advised CrossCountry Consulting, a business advisory firm, in selling a majority interest to global alternative investment firm Investcorp
• advised Stax Inc., a fast-growing global consulting firm, as the recipient of a platform investment from Blue Point Capital Partners
• advised leading digital consulting firm LeapPoint LLC in its acquisition by Philadelphia-area private equity firm Renovus Capital Partners
• advised Gunnison Consulting Group Inc., a leader in digital transformation capabilities for U.S. federal government customers, in its acquisition of CENTERPOINT Inc.
• advised Attain LLC in the sale of its federal division to Maximus, a leading provider of government services worldwide, for $430 million
• advised Quadel – a leading provider of outsourced program management, consulting and training services to state and federal government organizations and a portfolio company of Bluestone Investment Partners – in its sale to SystemOne
• advised CrossCountry Consulting in connection with an investment from RLH Equity
• advised sensor technology company Manufacturing Techniques Inc. in its $105 million sale to British defense contractor QinetiQ
• advised InfoZen on the sale of the company to ManTech International Corp. for $180 million in cash
• advised Audi AG in connection with its strategic investment a mobility service provider
• advised Volkswagen Group of America Inc. with respect to its Audi on-demand rental car business