Lauren Leyden > Akin > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Offices
ONE BRYANT PARK
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW YORK
United States
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Lauren Leyden
Work Department
Partner; Labor & Employment
Position
Lauren practices at the nexus of traditional labor and pension law and cutting-edge restructuring and corporate transactions. Particularly in the context of high profile special situations and restructuring transactions and “off the run” corporate matters, she has significant experience with managing workforce liabilities; collective bargaining agreements; defined benefit pension plans; layoffs; transfers, hiring or separation of executives and employees; executive and employee agreements; anti-harassment and anti-discrimination training and counseling; employee communications and crisis management; and complex HR counseling and investigations. In addition, Lauren serves as the firmwide hiring partner.
To learn more about Lauren, please visit her profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/lauren-h-leyden
Career
Lauren has been recognized by the New York Law Journal as a Rising Star; Crain’s New York Business as among Notable Women in Law; and was a part of the Thompson Reuters 2017 Rising Stars Cohort Program.
Memberships
Bar of New York
Education
B.A., University of Chicago (2002); J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School (2005)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
Akin has notable experience representing hedge funds, private equity firms and clients in the financial services space in disputes involving terminations, severance, non-competition agreements, discrimination and misappropriation of trade secrets. Robert Lian heads the practice from the Washington DC practice and has significant experience in class and collective action claims. Jessica Taud Rosenberg joined the practice in July 2024 from Kasowitz LLP and brings knowledge of FLSA suits and PAGA claims. Lauren Leyden and Desiree Busching are also both active members of the practice. All lawyers mentioned are based in New York unless specified otherwise.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Industry focus > Sport
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)