Veronica M. Wissel
Advises clients on a variety of compensation-related matters, with an emphasis on compensation and benefits issues relating to M&A transactions.
Veronica regularly advises on complex compensation-related matters including the design and implementation of equity, retention and incentive plans; compensation, disclosure and regulatory compliance; and employment negotiations with senior executives. She has extensive experience in public and private M&A, carve-outs, spinoffs and private equity transactions, giving her a broad perspective on the unique issues associated with different deal structures and dynamics.
She also regularly provides advice on employment, compensation and benefits matters to public companies and compensation committees at all stages, from newly public companies to mature large-cap companies.
Veronica has been recognized as a leading lawyer by publications including Chambers USA, Crain’s New York Business, Legal 500 U.S. and Law360. She is on the board of Advocates for Children of New York.
Experience
M&A Advice – Public and Strategic
- Altair’s $10.6 billion acquisition by Siemens
- Roche’s $7.1 billion acquisition of Telavant
- Nuvei’s:
- $6.3 billion going-private acquisition
- $1.3 billion acquisition of Paya Holdings and related financing transactions
- CenterState Bank’s $6 billion merger of equals with SouthState
- FirstGroup’s $4.6 billion sale of First Student and First Transit to EQT Infrastructure
- ATSG’s $3.1 billion take-private acquisition by Stonepeak
- AssetMark’s $2.7 billion acquisition by GTCR
- Cleveland-Cliffs’s $2.5 billion acquisition of Stelco Holdings
- McKesson’s $2.49 billion acquisition of controlling interest in Core Ventures
- Novo Nordisk’s acquisition of certain Catalent sites from Novo Holdings
- Kemmerer family’s sale of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
- Billtrust’s $1.7 billion sale to EQT Private Equity
- PwC’s:
- sale of the Global Mobility Tax and Immigration Services Practice to CD&R
- $635 million sale of its government consulting practice to Veritas Capital
- The CEO of Institutional Shareholder Services on Deutsche BorseAG’s acquisition of the company and the creation of a management investment entity structure, and the subsequent combination of Institutional Shareholder Services with Qontigo to create ISS STOXX
- Ocado Group’s acquisitions of 6 River Systems, Kindred Systems and Haddington Dynamics
- Sun Pharmaceuticals’s acquisition of Concert Pharmaceuticals
M&A Advice – Private Equity
Veronica has a robust private equity sponsor practice that includes advising Amulet Capital, BDT & MSD Partners, Bridgepoint Capital, Cornell Capital, One Equity Partners, Partners Group and Tailwind Capital on various transactions. Additionally, she provides ongoing employment, compensation and benefits advice relating to the sponsors’ portfolio companies.
IPO and Ongoing Advisory Matters
Veronica has been the lead executive compensation partner on numerous IPOs, de-SPAC transactions, spinoffs and similar go-public transactions, including, Assetmark, Crowdstrike, Doma, Lucid Motors, Weber and others. She also provides ongoing advice on employment, compensation and benefits matters to various public and private companies and compensation committees.
Insights
News
Recognition
Chambers USA – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, New York
Crain’s New York Business – “Notable Women in Law,” 2021
Law360 – “Rising Star: Benefits,” 2020
Legal 500 U.S. – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional, Next Generation Partner
Education
- magna cum laude
Prior experience
- Shearman & Sterling, 2008-2012
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York