Michelle L.C. Carpenter
michelle.carpenter@lw.com
Los Angeles | Orange County
Michelle Carpenter is a partner in the Tax Department of Latham & Watkins' Los Angeles and Orange County offices. Ms. Carpenter advises clients on a broad range of compensation arrangements and benefit plans and in a variety of industries, with extensive experience working with public and private companies.
Ms. Carpenter focuses her practice on:
Counseling on employee benefits and compensation aspects of mergers and acquisitions, financings, IPOs, spin-offs, and other corporate transactions
Structuring various types of executive compensation arrangements, including employment agreements, separation / severance agreements, equity compensation arrangements, and deferred compensation programs
Preparing executive compensation disclosures for proxy statements and other securities filings
Counseling on tax, securities, ERISA, and corporate law issues as they relate to executive compensation and employee benefits arrangements
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Carpenter served as an extern for Judge Gary Allen Feess in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Ms. Carpenter is fluent in Swedish.
Ms. Carpenter's experience includes advising:
Simon Property Group, Inc. in its pending acquisition of an 80% stake in Taubman Centers, a real estate investment trust
GoodRX Holdings, Inc. in its US$1.3 billion Initial Public Offering
DXC Technology in the sale of its US State and Local Health and Human Services Business to Veritas Capital
Virgin Galactic LLC in its business combination with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp., a special purpose acquisition company and the subsequent Initial Public Offering
iHeartMedia, Inc., Virgin Galactic LLC, Guardant Health, Inc., Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., and Syneos Health, Inc on an ongoing basis
Latham & Watkins Steers Integra's $204M Derma Sciences Buy
Latham helps $5.6B sale of drugmaker
Latham & Watkins Advises Talkspace in Merger with Hudson Executive Investment Corp. to Form the Only Publicly Traded Pure Play Virtual Behavioral Health Company
Latham Advises HMS on US$3.4 billion Sale to Veritas-Backed Gainwell Technologies
Latham & Watkins Advises Cerner Corporation in Acquisition of Kantar Health
IRS Provides Initial Guidance on Section 162(m) Tax Reform Changes
The Impact of Pending Tax Reform on Executive Compensation
2016 Year-End Key Executive Compensation Reminders and Considerations
Webcasts & Podcasts
Designing and Administering Executive and Director Compensation in Today's Challenging Environment
JD, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 2007
BA, Vanderbilt University, 2004
Benefits, Compensation & Employment
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