Laura Lo Bianco brings more than 20 years of experience to her role as a partner in the firm’s Business Transactions Practice Group. With a focus on corporate law and transactional matters, she advises clients in the areas of formation of organizations, mergers, and acquisitions, real estate transactions, business counseling, and compliance with the law and best practices.
Laura also advises various tax-exempt entities, such as private foundations, public charities, schools, support organizations, and other entities that are tax-exempt under the Internal Revenue Code. She also guides these clients through mergers and acquisitions; the purchase, sale, and lease of real property; and the negotiation of contracts.
Reliable, competent, and timely are words clients have used to describe Laura’s working style. Clients enjoy her systematic approach and ability to communicate complex matters in understandable terms. Laura dedicates the time required to assess her client’s legal needs and values collaborating with them. She is excellent at meeting deadlines, achieving results, and has experience managing competing priorities. She believes consistent communication with her clients is essential and paramount to their success.
Laura’s favorite place for family time is the beach, collecting shells and enjoying the ocean breeze.
Professional & Civic Engagement
- Valley of the Sun United Way, Board Member, 2016-2023; Board Development Committee Co-Chair, 2021-2023
- Desert Botanical Garden, Trustee
- Arizona State Bar, Member
- Business Law Section of the Arizona State Bar Association, Executive Council Member, 2006-2014
- Desert Botanical Garden Foundation, Former Board Member
- ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy & Innovation, Former Instructor, Nonprofit Management Institute
- Phoenix Public Library Foundation, Former Board Member
Representative Experience
Any result the lawyer or law firm may have achieved on behalf of clients in other matters does not necessarily indicate similar results can be obtained for other clients.
- Represented acquisition of assets of public charity by another public charity.
- Represented school in sale of assets to private entity.
- Represented numerous public charities and private foundations in obtaining tax exemption from the Internal Revenue Service.
- Represented public charity in merger with another public charity.
- Represented buyer in acquisition of multiple entities in the real estate development business.
- Represented borrower in restructuring of debt with multiple lenders.
- Represented shareholders of closely held businesses in governance and management matters.
- Represented buyer in acquisition of condominium complex.
- Represented sellers in multistate, high-end restaurant business.
- Represented public charity in divestiture of a portion of activities.
- Represented buyer in acquisition of business relating to providing electrical products and services to heavy industry.
- Represented buyer in acquisition of business relating to manufacture of product and provision of services to oil and gas industry.
Honors & Recognitions
- Top Lawyers, Phoenix Magazine, 2022, 2024
- The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate and Nonprofit/Charities Law, 2013-2025
- Southwest Super Lawyers, Business/Corporate, Nonprofit Organizations, 2016-2024; Top 25 Arizona Women Lawyers List, 2019, 2020
- Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona, Corporate Law and Transactional Matters, 2021
- AZ Business Magazine, AZ Business Leader, Nonprofit Law, 2018, 2024
- The Best Lawyers in America - Lawyer of the Year, Nonprofit/Charities Law, 2016
- Martindale-Hubbell, "AV/Preeminent Attorney" rating
Thought Leadership
- Who Would Sue An NPO? - Understanding Where Risks May Lurk, Co-Author, 01/16/2019
- 10 Management Best Practices for NPO Leaders, Author, 09/13/2018
- Advocating for Business, Quoted, Legal Guide 2016, 2016-07-01
- Invest in Our Community: Do Nonprofits Impact Our Economy? Mentioned, InBusiness Magazine, 03/1/2016
