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Jennifer Stadler

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New York

+1 212-294-2602

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Jennifer advises public and private companies, private equity clients, fiduciaries and C-suite executives on employee benefits and executive compensation matters, particularly in the context of mergers, acquisitions, and securities transactions.

Jennifer has extensive experience assisting with the employee benefits and executive compensation aspects of transactions that range from middle market to complex, cross-border transactions, across a number of different industries.

Jennifer supports her clients with the design, drafting, negotiation, and implementation of employment, severance, and change-in-control agreements, equity and equity-based incentive compensation plans, phantom incentive compensation plans, nonqualified deferred compensation plans, and other executive compensation arrangements. She also assists public company clients with executive compensation disclosure requirements, including for transaction-related filings.

In addition, Jennifer counsels clients on statutory and regulatory compliance with respect to executive compensation-related matters. She advises on executive compensation-related provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, including Section 83, Section 409A, and Section 280G, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and federal securities laws and regulations.

Recent Experience

Winston Represented Highstreet IT Solutions in its Sale to CIVC Partners
Sale of International Cellulose Corporation Assets to Saint-Gobain
Veradigm Acquisition of Koha Health
Winston Represented Hub Group in its Acquisition of the Final Mile Business of Forward Air Corporation
Inno Holdings Inc. Closes $10M Initial Public Offering
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s Acquisition of Cadence Insurance, Inc.
ISG Enterprises Acquisition of Rose
ISG Enterprises Acquisition of Apple
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquisition of Clements Worldwide
Nauticus Robotics, Inc. acquires 3D at Depth, Inc.
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Jennifer is listed as a “Key Lawyer” in The Legal 500 U.S. from  2021–2024 for Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional.

Jennifer is a member of the firm’s Winston PRIDE affinity group.

Capabilities

Mergers & Acquisitions
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Executive Compensation Plans & Agreements
Qualified Retirement Plans
Financial Services

Recent Experience

Winston Represented Highstreet IT Solutions in its Sale to CIVC Partners
Sale of International Cellulose Corporation Assets to Saint-Gobain
Veradigm Acquisition of Koha Health
Winston Represented Hub Group in its Acquisition of the Final Mile Business of Forward Air Corporation
Inno Holdings Inc. Closes $10M Initial Public Offering
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s Acquisition of Cadence Insurance, Inc.
ISG Enterprises Acquisition of Rose
ISG Enterprises Acquisition of Apple
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquisition of Clements Worldwide
Nauticus Robotics, Inc. acquires 3D at Depth, Inc.
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Credentials

Education

Jennifer received her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2005 and her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2009. She received her LL.M. in European Law from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas in 2010.

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    • Pennsylvania
    • New York

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