Rower LLC is pleased to announce that Karina VanHouten and Jaime St. Peter have been promoted to counsel.
KARINA VANHOUTEN
Counsel
Karina, who first joined Rower LLC as an associate in 2019, focuses her practice on prenuptial agreements and the intersection of divorce and estate planning.
Karina’s experience negotiating sophisticated agreements as part of our team is complemented by her time spent as an associate in the estates & personal group at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, a major international law firm. Karina’s training and experience in a variety of private client matters, including complex trust, estate and tax planning, give her the breadth of knowledge necessary to effectively negotiate and draft prenuptial and postnuptial agreements with sensitivity and discretion.
Karina says, “I am delighted to take on this new role. It is a privilege to help our clients navigate through life’s important milestones, and a pleasure to do so alongside the best team.”
646.437.7742 karina@rowerllc.com
Jaime St. Peter
Counsel
Before joining Rower LLC as an associate in 2020, Jaime was an associate in the litigation & arbitration group at Milbank LLP, where she specialized in government investigations, shareholder litigations, and bankruptcy matters. Her pivot to family law began at Milbank, where she led pro bono divorce matters in conjunction with Her Justice, a nonprofit organization that provides free legal help to women living in poverty in New York City.
Jaime devotes most of her practice to negotiating prenuptial agreements. Her humanities background along with her personal experience with divorce help her understand the complex emotional and material circumstances of her clients’ lives. Jaime negotiates sensitive and thoughtful agreements and takes pride in her ability to think through all possibilities to provide maximum flexibility for her clients. Additionally, she represents clients in divorces, focusing on uncontested divorces and counseling clients while they mediate, taking a peaceful, collaborative approach to the unwinding of a marriage.
“My time at Rower has afforded me the great privilege of guiding clients through complex, often emotional, legal matters,” Jaime says. “I am thrilled to continue working alongside our incredible team to provide clients with the best possible representation during some of their most challenging moments.”
(646)437-7744 jaime@rowerllc.com
IN THE NEWS
2024 was a busy year, and our attorneys spoke on several panels and published numerous articles.
Kara Bellew analyzed how legislation from the #MeToo Movement brought down Sean Combs, also known as Diddy, in an article for the New York Law Journal.
In November, Rower hosted a virtual panel on navigating difficult conversations on estate planning, prenups, and divorce. Siobhan Stewart, Nicole Hurley, Melinda B. Gould, and Dilpreet Rai weighed in. Watch the panel here.
Alyssa Rower took a comprehensive look at the legal, personal, and negotiation considerations surrounding financial disclosures in prenuptial agreements for the New York Law Journal.
At the Appraisers Association of America’s Art Law Day, Alyssa Rower spoke on a panel about how fine art is handled in prenuptial agreements and divorce. Watch the panel here.
For the New York Law Journal, Alyssa Rower and Karina VanHouten discussed how to ensure that trusts created during a marriage survive a divorce.
Alyssa Rower wrote about the issues concerning fine art that arise in prenups and divorce for the New York Law Journal.
At London’s Mishcon de Reya LLP, Alyssa Rower spoke on the panel, “The American Dream or an English affair? Getting The Transatlantic House in Order.”
Alyssa Rower and Jaime St. Peter reviewed innovative marital residence provisions in prenuptial agreements in an article for the New York Law Journal.
Sarah Hechtman, Kara Bellew, and Leslie Stewart Sullivan all discussed their careers in family law on Denisa Tova’s Beyond the Bar podcast. Listen to Sarah, Kara, and Leslie here.
