"The most complex business challenges require integrated legal, tax, finance, and operational expertise."

Practice area

Janine is a global corporate attorney based in New York and a member of the EY Global Legal Transformation team and the German Desk at Donahue & Partners LLP. She joined EY Law in 2019 and Donahue & Partners LLP in 2021.

Janine frequently serves as the global project lead for large-scale legal transformation, reorganization, and integration initiatives, coordinating legal workstreams across jurisdictions as part of multi-disciplinary teams to help organizations implement strategic change efficiently and effectively. Her ability to align legal with tax, finance, and business objectives enables clients to execute complex cross-border projects with confidence.

Expertise / Credentials

Janine’s practice focuses on the planning, structuring, and implementation of cross-border corporate restructurings, group reorganizations, and financing transactions, with a particular emphasis on tax-driven transformations. Her experience also includes the design and optimization of international group structures, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and post-transaction integration.

Representative Areas of Focus

• Global carve-out projects, in particular in the context of spin-offs and divestitures
• Implementation support for global mergers and acquisitions
• International corporate law and corporate governance
• Global restructurings and corporate reorganizations
• Pre- and post-merger integration
• Cash repatriation schemes
• Global project management and multi-jurisdictional coordination
• Entity simplification and corporate rationalization programs
• Intercompany agreements, including transfer pricing-related arrangements

Additional information

Janine’s international background and multi-jurisdictional qualifications enable her to provide practical, commercially focused advice to organizations operating across borders. She holds a J.D. from the University of Trier (Germany) and an LL.M. from Boston University School of Law and is qualified to practice in New York, Germany, England & Wales, and Luxembourg.