Recognized as a “Next Generation Partner” by The Legal 500 (2024) and ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA (2025), Lauren King co-leads the Fund Transactions practice at Simpson Thacher. She has extensive experience advising prominent sponsors on cutting-edge transactions designed to provide liquidity to both GPs and investors. She advises on the full range of secondaries transactions, including traditional and synthetic secondaries acquisitions and dispositions, and GP-led restructurings.
Lauren also counsels sponsors on the organization, structuring and operation of secondaries funds, as well as minority stakes deals. She has wide-ranging experience advising on the development and fundraising of vehicles across numerous strategies, and in connection with fund governance matters, upper-tier structuring and succession planning, marketing and limited-partner transfers.
Lauren has represented a diverse group of asset managers and secondary investors, including, among others, Neuberger Berman, Lexington Partners, StepStone Group, Blackstone Strategic Partners, Pantheon Ventures, Portfolio Advisors, TPG, Coller Capital, New Mountain Capital, Hamilton Lane, Ares Management, Audax Group, Centerbridge Partners, WeWork Capital Advisors, and Serena Ventures.
Lauren is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers USA. Chambershas noted that Lauren has “earned a superb reputation for her talented secondaries practice” and quotes clients describing her as “one of the hardest working partners in the industry”, “is incredibly good at coming up with creative solutions” and has “a calming demeanor and a positive attitude.”
Lauren received her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she was the founding member and notes editor for the Journal of Law and Business. She received her B.A. from Gettysburg College, summa cum laude. She is admitted to practice in New York.