Press Release 01.04.24
Jessica Lutrin
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Jessica’s expertise and responsiveness is top-notch, but she particularly excels at interacting with both her client (the acquirer) and the target company. She is both cool under pressure and warm in her interactions. With Jessica, I always know that I'm getting high-quality legal work and the kind of service that you don't often see from a specialist area on an M&A transaction.
Jessica Lutrin, Pillsbury's Executive Compensation & Benefits Practice Group Leader, has broad executive compensation and benefits experience spanning transactional, counseling and advisory matters.
Jessica’s practice focuses on the design, implementation and compliance of compensatory and benefits arrangements, such as equity-based incentives, cash-based incentives and deferred compensation and employment, retention and severance agreements, with particular focus on compensation and benefits issues arising in the transactional context. Jessica advises a variety of clients, both public and private, and domestic and international, across multiple industries.
Representative Experience
- Advised leading location data and technology company Foursquare Labs, Inc. in its merger with Factual Inc. The combined Foursquare and Factual generate more than $150 million in revenue in more than 20 global markets.
- Advised Bal Seal Engineering, Inc., a global provider of custom-engineered sealing, connecting, conducting and shielding solutions for original equipment manufacturers, on its sale to Kaman Corporation.
- Advised leading TMT-focused global merchant bank The Raine Group, as lead investor, on the entry into definitive transaction documentation providing for a $150 million investment in Foursquare Labs.
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- Represented SK Inc., the second largest South Korea-based conglomerate, in its investment of TerraPower, a leading nuclear innovation company and next-generation small modular reactor (SMR) developer.
- Assisted EV fleet charging specialist TeraWatt Infrastructure in raising over $1 billion in financing for buildout of electric fleet charging centers and operations nationwide.
- Represented Catalyst Spirits in its acquisition by Campari Group’s Howler Head Whiskey.
- Represented NTT DATA, Inc., a digital business and IT services leader, in a number of acquisitions, including: in its definitive agreement to acquire global MuleSoft consulting firm leader, Apisero; in its acquisition of 100% of the membership interests in Cognosante Consulting, LLC, a leader in health information technology solutions and services for federal and state health agencies, from Cognosante Holdings, LLC; in its definitive agreement to acquire Postlight LLC, a New York-based digital strategy, design and engineering company; and in its acquisition of Vectorform, a Detroit-based digital transformation and innovation company. NTT Data’s acquisition of Postlight LLC was honored as Americas IT & Services Deal of the Year at the 2022 Americas M&A Atlas Awards.
- Represented The Giving Block in its acquisition by Shift4.
- Represented LifeSpeak, the leading mental health and total wellbeing platform for employers, health plans, and insurance companies, in its $92.5 million acquisition of Wellbeats, a market-leading provider of an on-demand SaaS physical wellbeing platform. This deal was awarded the Canada M&A Deal of the Year (Mid-Market) at the 2022 Americas M&A Atlas Awards.
- Represented SecurityScorecard, the global leader in cybersecurity ratings, in its acquisition of LIFARS, LLC., a digital forensics, incident response and cyber resiliency services company.
- Represented Ullico Infrastructure Fund on the acquisition of the Arizona business and operations of Triton Utilities, Inc.
- Advised Cenntro Automotive Group Limited, a designer and manufacturer of electric commercial vehicles, on its combination with Naked Brand Group Limited (Nasdaq: NAKD).
- Represented Bluepoint Games in a definitive agreement to be acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
- Advised State Street Corporation in its $90 million acquisition of Mercatus, Inc., a premier front-and-middle-office solutions and data management provider for private market managers.
- Advised Upland Software, Inc. in its acquisition of Panviva Pty Ltd.
- Represented Foursquare in its acquisition of Unfolded, a next generation platform for geospatial analytics.
- Advised Newport Center Ventures, LLC – a joint venture comprised of Eagle Four Partners, LLC, Lyon Living Development Company and their affiliates – in the purchase of the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa.
- Represented Atlas Copco AB is its acquisition of Perceptron.
- Advised San Diego-based Vital Therapies, Inc. in a definitive agreement under which Vital Therapies acquired all of the outstanding shares in Immunic AG in exchange for newly issued shares of Vital Therapies in an all-stock transaction.
- Advised Cozy Services Ltd. in its $68 million sale to CoStar Realty Information Inc.
- Advised Asia Alternatives in Private Equity Joint Venture with Franklin Templeton.
- Advised ComplySci, the leading provider of regulatory technology for financial and professional services companies, on a recent strategic investment in the company from private equity firm Vista Equity Partners.
- Advised ProZyme Inc. in connection with its sale to Agilent Technologies, Inc.
- Represented Business Insider in its acquisition by Axel Springer Digital Ventures GmbH.
- Represented the leading provider of information services for the health care industry in its acquisitions of a health care analytics company and of a provider of quality and compliance management software and services.
- Represented Wärtsilä in its acquisitions of American Hydro Corporation, Greensmith Energy Management Systems and Lock-n-Stitch.
- Represented Amphenol Corporation in numerous matters, including its acquisitions of All Systems Broadband and Custom Cable.
- Represented Spin Master in its acquisitions of Swimways and certain plush toy product lines from Enesco.
- Represented Big Four accounting firm in numerous matters, including its acquisitions of a digital design firm, a legal technology company and a tax advisory firm.
Professional Highlights
- Recognized as a top rate employee benefits attorney in New York by Super Lawyers (2015 – 2020).
- Selected as a 2020 Cornerstone Award honoree by the Lawyers Alliance for New York for her pro bono work.
- “Cybersecurity Considerations for Retirement Plan Sponsors,” Law360, 2016. Co-author.
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- Publications
- “Cybersecurity Considerations for Retirement Plan Sponsors,” Law360, 2016. Co-author.
- “Final Regulations Will Affect Default Risk for Borrowers with Pension Plans,” Bloomberg BNA 2015. Co-author.
- IRS Releases Advice Addressing Section 162(m) and CFO Compensation of Smaller Reporting Companies (co-author), 2015.
- Speaking Engagements
- "Granting Equity to U.S. Residents – Do’s and Don’ts for Israeli Start-Ups,” Shibolet Law Firm – Pillsbury Webinar, 11/17/2022.
- “Episode #10: Cost-effective strategies for employers. What you should know.” The Pillsbury Industry Insights Podcast, 06/19/2020.
- “Executive Compensation & Benefits Legal Roundtable,” Pillsbury Webinar, 06/18/2020.
- “Cybersecurity and Data Protection,” American Bar Association’s ERISA Fiduciary Institute 2019, 04/04/2019.
- “Picking Your Virtual Pocket: Cyber Risks for Stock Professionals,” National Association of Stock Plan Professionals Chapter Meeting, 05/19/17.
Education
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LL.B., University of the Witwatersrand, 2009
cum laudeB.A., University of the Witwatersrand, 2007
cum laude
Admissions
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Texas
New York