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Lexi Bender
Senior Associate Corporate & Finance
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Lexi Bender focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions and investment transactions, with a particular emphasis on strategic transactions in the sports, entertainment and technology sectors.
Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Lexi worked as a corporate associate in Boston with another international law firm. She earned her J.D. in 2020 from Northeastern University School of Law while playing professional ice hockey, serving as a senior editor on the Northeastern University Law Review, and participating in Northeastern’s Community Business Clinic. She earned her B.S. in 2016 from Boston College.
Representative experience
AEG Presents on its strategic partnership with Outback Presents, a leading promoter of comedy tours, events and festivals
Advised the Pohlad Companies, in its capacity as controlling owner of the Minnesota Twins, on sales of minority interests in the Club to strategic investors.
Advised Fenway Sports Group and a consortium of team owners in a multi-billion dollar partnership with PGA TOUR to launch a new commercial venture that will operate the PGA’s golf assets.
Helped guide a consortium led by Josh Harris in the acquisition of the NFL’s Washington Commanders for a reported US$6.05 billion, the highest value sports franchise transaction in U.S. history.
Advised Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) on its acquisition of MarqMetrix, Inc., a Seattle, Washington-based developer of Raman spectroscopy solutions.
Advised Go1, the Australia-based EdTech unicorn, on its acquisition of mobile learning app Blinkist.
Advised OutSystems, a global leader in high-performance application development, on its acquisition of Ionic.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Northeastern University School of Law, 2020
- B.S., Boston College, 2016
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Massachusetts