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.

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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.

Representative Experience

  • Represented Boathouse Capital in its acquisition of Compendium Federal Technology.
  • Represented Cydecor, Inc. in its acquisition of InnovaSystems International, LLC.
  • Represented Castellum, Inc. in its acquisition of Lexington Solutions Group.

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  • Represented FLX Networks in its $10 million growth equity financing round led by Barings.
  • Represented ACON Investments in its sale of RMH Franchise Holding to Apple Sun.
  • Represented ACON Investments in its sale of IIMED Medical Solutions to Team Technologies, a Clearlake Capital-backed company.
  • Represented Beauty By Imagination in its investment in CURLS.
  • Represented GreenZone Solutions in its sale to The Ambit Group.
  • Represented Preferred Systems Solutions in its acquisition of Eagle Ray Inc.
  • Represented CoreOnyx, Inc. in its purchase of Collective FLS Inc.
  • Represented FYI – For Your Information in its sale to Federal Hill Consulting.

Education

  • J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 2003
    cum laude

    B.S., The Pennsylvania State University, 1999

Admissions

  • Virginia

    District of Columbia

    Maryland