Bio

Nicole Islinger focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions and other complex commercial transactions, including technology and government contracts and general business law. Nicole is an experienced mergers and acquisitions attorney with extensive experience in the government contracting and technology industries. She frequently acts as general counsel to clients with either no or limited internal legal resources, providing advice for all aspects of the business from startup and growth strategies through transition services to steady-state contracting. Nicole previously held in-house positions with two large international corporations. At Hewlett Packard Enterprise, she managed an international team of attorneys working on complex technology and outsourcing matters in government, health care and commercial sectors. Nicole also served as senior counsel at BASF Corporation, where she represented all aspects of an international business unit drafting distribution and vendor agreements, supply and customer contracts, and various other commercial contracting arrangements. Prior to going in-house, Nicole practiced at Pillsbury for almost 10 years, where she focused on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital financings.