Lara Alice Pender

Lara Alice Pender is a Lecturer at the University of Michigan Law School, specializing in corporate transactions, venture capital, and private equity law. She advises growth-stage companies and international investors on multijurisdictional acquisitions, divestitures, and stake investments.

• Trinity College, BA
• University of London, LLB

Her practice focuses on complex sponsor-backed transactions, with prior experience in London and current engagement in the Midwest venture ecosystem. She assists founders and venture capitalists in early-stage legal and strategic matters, operates from Gunderson’s Ann Arbor office, and is admitted to practice in England and Wales, California, and Michigan.