Julia L Petty
USA Guide 2024
Band 5 : Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
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About
Provided by Julia L Petty
Practice Areas
Julia advises clients on executive compensation and benefits matters in connection with domestic and cross-border business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and divestitures, public offerings, Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) and de-SPAC transactions, and restructurings and other reorganizations. She routinely counsels clients on disclosure, governance, and shareholder outreach related to compensation and benefits programs, with a particular focus on periods of corporate change, including transaction preparation, senior leadership turnover, shifts in corporate strategy and direction, and shareholder activism.
Julia handles a wide range of other compensation and associated securities, tax, and corporate governance matters, including the design, disclosure, and implementation of equity and cash incentive programs, executive employment and severance arrangements, change in control protections, deferred compensation plans, and retention programs.
Personal
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Associate Editor, Northwestern University Law Review
University of Pennsylvania, B.S.E, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Chambers Review
USA
Julia Petty frequently advises clients on the executive compensation and benefits issues involved in M&A transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Julia brings a commercially minded and practical approach to providing legal advice combined with exceptional customer service and responsiveness."
"Julia distinguishes herself by remaining at the forefront of critical issues. With her exceptional track record and versatility, Julia helps us tremendously on all aspects of executive compensation."
"Julia brings a commercially minded and practical approach to providing legal advice combined with exceptional customer service and responsiveness."
"Julia distinguishes herself by remaining at the forefront of critical issues. With her exceptional track record and versatility, Julia helps us tremendously on all aspects of executive compensation."
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