Lori Green is an experienced transactional business lawyer with over 30 years of domestic and international experience in a wide range of M&A and other business law matters. She represents companies in a variety of regulated and unregulated industries, with a particular focus on food, beverage and agribusiness, cannabis, health care, energy, and technology.
Lori has been the responsible partner for numerous transactions, including public and privately negotiated acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, cross-border transactions, outsourcing transactions, restructurings and financings.
Lori has held numerous leadership positions at Nixon Peabody, including service as the chairperson of the firm’s Policy Committee, an elected oversight and policy-making body for the firm, and currently serves as co-leader of the firm’s M&A and Corporate Transactions team and co-leader of the firm’s Cannabis Practice.
Rochester Business Journal | July 23, 2021
This article, focusing on insurance and the many ways companies can manage their risk, quotes Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green on how rep and warranty insurance has become a hot and tight market, causing premiums to go up significantly, and how force majeure clauses will no longer cover pandemics.
Power Finance & Risk | June 09, 2021
This article mentions NP for advising DIF Capital Partners’ infrastructure fund on its agreement to acquire the Kingfisher wind farm in Oklahoma. The deal team includes Washington, DC Community Development Finance partner Shariff Barakat, Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green, Buffalo Global Finance partner Martha Anderson, and Rochester Corporate associate Aya Hoffman.
Also contributing to the deal were New York City Corporate partner Rick Cox; Manchester partner Mark Beaudoin and San Francisco partner Alison Torbitt, both of the Affordable Housing & Real Estate group; and Washington, DC partners Elizabeth Whittle and Bob Daileader and counsel Ken Weiner, all of the Project Finance & Public Finance group.
Cannabis Law Report | April 19, 2021
This wide-ranging discussion of New York’s legalization of recreational cannabis includes commentary from both Cannabis practice co-leader and Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green and Rochester Labor & Employment partner Kim Harding.
Albany Business Review | April 12, 2021
In this Q&A feature, Cannabis practice co-leader and Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green discussed New York’ s legalization of recreational cannabis and what it means for businesses looking to get into the industry as well as those already working in the state under a medical marijuana license.
WHAM-TV | March 27, 2021
The following TV news segments cover New York’s pending marijuana legalization bill and how it may affect the workplace. Rochester Labor & Employment partner Kim Harding is quoted on the exclusion of marijuana in drug screens and its protected use outside the workplace. Cannabis practice co-leader and Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green is quoted in WHEC-TV’s segment on how the group is staying on top of marijuana legislation across the U.S., to better serve NP’s clients.
WHEC-TV | March 26, 2021
The following TV news segments cover New York’s pending marijuana legalization bill and how it may affect the workplace. Rochester Labor & Employment partner Kim Harding is quoted on the exclusion of marijuana in drug screens and its protected use outside the workplace. Cannabis practice co-leader and Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green is quoted in WHEC-TV’s segment on how the group is staying on top of marijuana legislation across the U.S., to better serve NP’s clients.
Cannabis Business Executive | February 25, 2021
Cannabis practice co-leader and Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green and New York City Complex Commercial Disputes associate Catherine Savio contributed this article on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s amendments to a proposed plan to legalize adult-use cannabis in New York State.
Rochester Business Journal | February 12, 2021
Rochester Corporate partner and Cannabis practice co-leader Lori Green, Rochester Corporate associate Brandon Coyle, and New York City Complex Commercial Disputes associate Catherine Savio, all of the Cannabis practice, contributed this article discussing the legislative path toward legalized adult-use marijuana in New York State and best practices for businesses to prepare now.
Cannabis Business Executive | January 13, 2021
Following New York’s reintroduction of a bill that would legalize and tax adult-use recreational marijuana, Rochester Corporate partner and Cannabis practice co-leader Lori Green, New York City Complex Commercial Disputes associate Catherine Savio, and Rochester Corporate associate Brandon Coyle contributed this article highlighting key focus areas for those looking to enter the potential new industry.
Crain’s New York | January 01, 2021
This op-ed by Cannabis practice co-leader and Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green, which published the same day that adult recreational use of cannabis in New Jersey became legal, makes the case for New York State to close the gap by discussing the benefits of job creation, tax revenue, and racial and social justice reform.
Cannabis Business Executive | November 25, 2020
On the heels of New Jersey’s vote to legalize cannabis, Rochester Corporate partner and Cannabis practice co-leader Lori Green, New York City Complex Commercial Disputes associate Catherine Savio, and Rochester Corporate associate Brandon Coyle wrote this contributed article on potential side effects for neighboring New York and actions for businesses anticipating legalization in the Empire State.
Rochester Business Journal | August 07, 2020
In its “Business of Cannabis” special report on recreational marijuana, the Rochester Business Journal extensively quotes Cannabis practice co-leader and Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green in two articles for her outlook on legalized recreational use and the potential positive economic impact to businesses, both local and statewide.
Rochester Business Journal | August 07, 2020
In its “Business of Cannabis” special report on recreational marijuana, the Rochester Business Journal extensively quotes Cannabis practice co-leader and Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green in two articles for her outlook on legalized recreational use and the potential positive economic impact to businesses, both local and statewide.
Law360 | June 25, 2020
This article mentions NP for representing Constellation Brands in the pending sale of its Paul Masson Grande Amber Brandy brand and related assets to Sazerac Co. for approximately $255 million. The story notes Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green for her role leading the deal team, and also mentions Rochester Corporate partner Eric Tanck and associate Aya Hoffman.
The Daily Record | September 13, 2019
Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green has been chosen by The Daily Record as one of the “Leaders in Law” winners for the 2019 Attorneys of the Year awards.
Rochester Business Journal | December 03, 2018
Rochester Corporate partners Lori Green and Tyler Savage are quoted in this article on the insights they’ve gathered throughout years of practice, and what advice they’d give to up-and-coming attorneys.
The American Lawyer | November 30, 2018
Nixon Peabody is mentioned as U.S. counsel for longtime client Constellation Brands in its acquisition of a 38 percent stake in Canopy Growth Corp., a Canadian distributor of cannabis products. The following attorneys were members of the deal team: Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green, Boston Global Finance partner Craig Mills, Washington, D.C. Corporate partner Lloyd Spencer, San Francisco Global Finance counsel Sarah Abel, Buffalo Global Finance associate Dan Fabian, Rochester Corporate associate Isaac Figueras, and Washington, D.C. Corporate associate Pierce Han.
Law360 | October 14, 2018
In the following coverage, Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green, Complex Commercial Disputes partners Rick McGuirk and Carolyn Nussbaum, and New York City Complex Commercial Disputes partner Chris Mason analyze a key ruling by the Delaware Chancery Court that affirmed the existence of a material adverse event allowing German pharmaceutical company Fresenius to back down from a merger with Akorn, Inc.
Law360 | October 14, 2018
In the following coverage, Rochester Corporate partner Lori Green, Complex Commercial Disputes partners Rick McGuirk and Carolyn Nussbaum, and New York City Complex Commercial Disputes partner Chris Mason analyze a key ruling by the Delaware Chancery Court that affirmed the existence of a material adverse event allowing German pharmaceutical company Fresenius to back down from a merger with Akorn, Inc.
The Deal | August 14, 2018
Seven attorneys from the Corporate and Global Finance practices—Lori Green, Sarah Abel, Dan Fabian, Isaac Figueras, Pierce Han, Craig Mills and Lloyd Spencer—are mentioned in this story for advising client Constellation Brands on its cash investment in Canopy Growth Corp.
Boston University School of Law, J.D.
State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A., Mathematics
Harvard Business School, Executive Program
New York
Florida
Lori was selected, through a peer-review survey, for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 in the fields of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Lori has been listed in Best Lawyers since 2012, and was named 2019 Mergers and Acquisitions Law "Lawyer of the Year" and 2017 Corporate Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Rochester, NY.
Lori has been recognized for exceptional standing in the legal community in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2021 for Corporate/M&A (New York (Upstate)). She has also been recognized in Chambers in previous years.
Lori was selected to the Upstate New York Super Lawyers list in 2012-2015. Her primary area of practice is mergers & acquisitions law.
Lori has been recommended in The Legal 500 United States 2021 editorial (as well as in previous editions) for M&A/Corporate and commercial—M&A: Middle-market (sub-$500m).
Lori presently serves as the vice-chair and secretary of the board of directors of Next Corps, Inc., the secretary of the board of directors of Greater Rochester Enterprise, and is the Chairperson of United Way Service Corp. She is a member of the American, New York State and Monroe County bar associations.
