Karen B. Carter

Biography

Since 2013, Karen Carter has served as the Assistant Director of the Transactional Law Program. She works with the Director of the Program to develop, and to modify and update, the curriculum for Contract Drafting, the Program’s foundational course. She also assists in the development of the Program’s capstone transaction simulation courses and works with the Director to support part-time faculty teaching in the Program and to oversee all Program administrative matters. Karen was the co-creator of the long-running transaction simulation course Auction and Sale of a Private Company, for which she was the co-instructor. Prior to joining Boston University School of Law, Karen was a senior corporate attorney in the Boston office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where her practice focused on representing public companies in merger & acquisition and corporate finance transactions. She also has significant experience with corporate governance and Securities and Exchange Commission matters. Earlier in her career, Karen worked in equity research at Fidelity Investments and was a litigation legal assistant at Palmer & Dodge LLP.