Cristina DeMento > Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
2 NORTH LASALLE STREET
SUITE 1700
CHICAGO, IL 60602
ILLINOIS
United States

Work Department

Corporate & Securities

Position

Partner

Career

Cristina W. DeMento focuses her practice on complex corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity transactions and joint ventures. She also advises clients on general corporate matters, internal restructurings, shareholders’ agreements, partnership agreements, business contracts, equity investments (including co-investments) and securities issues. Her clients include entrepreneurs, private equity and venture firms, family offices and public and private companies in a wide variety of industries, including health care, manufacturing, energy, technology, financial services and insurance.

Education

New York University School of Law (J.D., 2004), magna cum laude

Duke University (B.S., 1999), cum laude

Lawyer Rankings

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP fields a team of specialist M&A practitioners who are the trusted partners of a variety of longstanding and new clients operating in a range of sectors, notably metals and mining. Led from Chicago, the team regularly works with top Canadian natural resources companies on some of their most significant transactions. Practice head John Koenigsknecht stands out for his strong background in domestic and cross-border M&A involving public and private companies. Devoted to complex transactional and corporate governance matters, Michael Gray handles a mix of M&A, private equity deals and venture capital investments. Middle-market businesses regularly seek Joshua Klein‘s assistance in deals taking place in the tech, manufacturing, retail, healthcare and life sciences spaces. Cristina DeMento primarily attracts instructions from high-growth companies and their investors. All named attorneys are based in Chicago.