Based in the Firm’s New York office, Lisa Morales is a Partner in the Corporate practice. She advises corporate and private equity clients in connection with a variety of complex transactions, including public and private mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, distressed M&A and joint ventures.
Lisa has experience representing clients across a variety of sectors including consumer products, retail, healthcare and life sciences, financial services, energy, insurance, industrials, technology and telecommunications.
New Mountain Capital and Grant Thornton Advisors in the establishment of its multinational platform through the separate acquisitions of Grant Thornton member firms, including in Spain and Belgium
JPMorgan Chase in its agreement to become the issuer of Apple Card and its pending acquisition of over $20 billion of Apple Card balances
JPMorgan Chase and an ad hoc group of lenders in connection with QVC’s chapter 11 cases
eToro Group in its pending acquisition of TradeZero
Merck KGaA in its acquisition of SpringWorks Therapeutics for an equity value of approximately $3.9 billion
Neiman Marcus Group, parent company of Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, in its $2.7 billion acquisition by HBC, parent of Saks Fifth Avenue
Subway in its acquisition by Roark Capital
CBRE Group in its acquisition of Direct Line Global from Guardian Capital
The Special Committee of Independent Directors of SciPlay in its acquisition by Light & Wonder
SVB Financial Group in its sale of SVB India
United Rentals in its $2 billion acquisition of Ahern Rentals
BP in its $1.3 billion acquisition of TravelCenters of America
Goldman Sachs Group in its €1.7 billion acquisition of NN Investment Partners from NN Group
AT&T in its spin-off of WarnerMedia into Discovery, under which WarnerMedia combined with Discovery in a $106.5 billion transaction to create a premier, standalone global entertainment company
Temasek Holdings in connection with its investment in Creative Artists Agency
Blackstone in connection with Precision Medicine Group’s major investment and recapitalization, led by funds managed by Blackstone
Anheuser-Busch InBev in its acquisition of the remaining Craft Brew Alliance shares it did not already own and its divestiture of Craft Brew Alliance’s Kona Brewing operations in Hawaii to PV Brewing Partners
L3Harris Technologies in the $1.05 billion sale of its Military Training business to CAE
Tokio Marine Holdings in its $3.1 billion acquisition of Pure Group
Fletcher Building in its $840 million sale of the Formica Group to Broadview Holding
Amgen in its $167 million acquisition of Nuevolution
Bayer in its $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto
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Vinson & Elkins Hires Corporate Partner Lisa Morales
Morales is an experienced M&A lawyer who advises major public companies, financial institutions, and private capital clients on strategic transactions. …
October 28, 2026
October 28, 2026 • 2-minute read
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