Pillsbury

Nicole Islinger

Partner

Washington, DC & Northern Virginia

Partner, Washington, DC & Northern Virginia

Corporate

nicole.islinger@pillsburylaw.com

T: +1.202.663.8207

T: +1.703.532.7900

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 ACON Investments in its acquisition of a controlling stake in True Religion.
Represented Core One Solutions in its acquisition of Calhoun International.
Represented CATHEXIS in its acquisition of Paradyme.

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Represented 2 Twelve Solutions in its acquisition by Bcore.

Represented IMB Partners in its investment in eTelligent Group.

Represented Meetup in its sale to Bending Spoons, an Italian technology company.

Represented FLX Networks in its acquisition of Focus Partners.

Represented Torin Consulting in its sale to Realm One, an Enlightenment Capital portfolio company.

Represented Cydecor, Inc. in its acquisition of InnovaSystems International, LLC.

Represented Castellum, Inc. in its acquisition of Lexington Solutions Group.

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.

Professional Highlights

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5/10/24 Pillsbury Represents 2 Twelve Solutions in Acquisition by Bcore (pillsburylaw.com)

7/28/24 Pillsbury Represents IMB Partners in Strategic Investment in eTelligent Group (pillsburylaw.com)

1/24/24 Bending Spoons finalizes acquisition of U.S.-based community-building platform, Meetup, and announces $50,000 Community Fund (businesswire.com)

5/10/23 FLX Networks to Acquire Focus Partners (prnewswire.com)

4/10/24 RealmOne Acquires Software Development, Operations Support Provider Torin Consulting (govconwire.com)

12/7/22 Cydecor Buys IT & Software Provider InnovaSystems (govconwire.com)

4/18/22 Castellum, Inc. Closes on the Acquisition of Lexington (globenewswire.com)

11/3/22 FLX Networks Secures $10 Million in Strategic Investments, Led by Barings (prnewswire.com)

1/4/21 Federal Hill Consulting LLC Merges With FYI - For Your Information, Inc. (prnewswire.com)

1/12/22 ACON Exits iiMED Medical Solutions and Completes Full Exit of its IIMAK Investment (prnewswire.com)

1/12/22 Clearlake-backed Team Technologies acquires iiMED | PE Hub

12/10/21 Timing Your M&A Process (pillsburylaw.com)

12/10/21 Pillsbury Advises ACON Investments in Sale of RMH Franchise Holdings to Apple Sun (pillsburylaw.com)

Nicole Islinger – Global Legal Chronicle

8/16/21 Castellum, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Specialty (globenewswire.com)

3/18/21 Pillsbury Leads Beauty By Imagination in Merger With Black-Owned Beauty Business CURLS (pillsburylaw.com)

3/2/21 The Ambit Group and GreenZone Solutions Announce Merger, Creating a Leading IT Solutions and Data Management Services Provider to the Federal Government (prnewswire.com)

2021 M&A: middle-market (sub-0m) in United States | Law firm and lawyer rankings from The Legal 500 United States guide

3/17/20 Corporate, M&A and Private Equity Partner Returns to Pillsbury in DC (pillsburylaw.com)

3/1/20 Preferred Systems Solutions Acquires Eagle Ray, Inc. (washingtonexec.com)

2/12/20 Fast-growing COREONYX acquires FLS, establishes government solutions division (prnewswire.com)

Speaking Engagements
- “What the SBA Recertification Rule Means for Business Strategy and M&A,” GovCon East 2025, January 16, 2025.
- “Dealmakers Outlook,” Mergermarket M&A Forum, September 20, 2022.

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