Cathryn Le Regulski
Partner
Cathryn Le Regulski advises public, private, and nonprofit companies on a wide range of employment law matters, with a focus on workforce and workplace issues that arise in corporate transactions and other significant business events. She provides strategic counsel on employee-related considerations in mergers and acquisitions, financings, joint ventures, spinoffs, divestitures, and public offerings, including matters related to executive transitions, incentive structures, workforce integration, and restrictive covenants that impact deal execution and long-term value.
Cathryn works with private equity sponsors, venture capitalists, emerging and venture capital-backed companies, global enterprises, and publicly-traded companies, with a particular focus on high-growth businesses. She advises clients across a range of industries, including health care, life sciences, technology, energy, and manufacturing, helping them manage employment-related risk in both transactions and day-to-day operations, including periods of rapid hiring and organizational growth.
In addition to her transaction-focused employment counsel, Cathryn advises on executive transitions, workplace investigations and training, compensation matters, workplace culture and policies, personnel management, strategic restructurings and reorganizations, and restrictive covenants.
Representative Experience
- Represented fund managed by Wafra Inc. in US$1.9bn all‑cash acquisition of Navitas Credit Corp. and NLFC Reinsurance Corp. from United Community Banks, Inc.*
- Represented fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management in US$3bn investment in select U.S. Gulf Coast infrastructure assets of Dow Inc. (NYSE: DOW).*
- Represented Arsenal Capital Partners in its US345m acquisition of divested assets of Fortrea (NYSE: FTRE) related to its Endpoint Clinical and Fortrea Patient Access businesses.*
- Represented Ryan Specialty in its acquisition of Innovisk Capital Partners LLP, a London‑based portfolio of specialty managing general underwriters.*
- Represented International Game Technology PLC in its US$6.3bn sale of its Gaming & Digital business to a holding company owned by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc.*
- Represented Symplr in its agreement to acquire Midas Health Analytics Solutions from Conduent Incorporated.*
- Represented Akoya Biosciences, Inc. in its initial public offering.*
- Represented Liquidia Technologies, Inc. in its initial public offering.*
- Represented Cowen and Company, LLC, William Blair & Company, L.L.C., BTIG, LLC, and Stephens Inc. as underwriters in the US$110.4m initial public offering of Alpha Teknova, Inc.*
- Represented Centroid Investment Partners in its acquisition of TaylorMade Golf Company, Inc.*
- Advised LLR Partners in its growth investment in Dizzion, Inc., its acquisition of a majority stake in Geoforce, and other similar transactions.*
- Represented Guardian Capital Partners in its acquisition of Carson‑Dellosa Publishing, LLC, and other similar transactions.*
- Represented Act II Global Acquisition Corp. in its business combination with Flavors Holdings Inc. subsidiaries Merisant Company and MAFCO Worldwide LLC.*
- Represented Tally Energy Services in its acquisition of Epic Lift Systems, a portfolio company of Intervale Capital.*
- Represented Cimpress N.V. in its acquisition of BuildASign, a Texas‑based online provider of large‑format printed products.*
- Represented Riverwood Capital and Forecast5 Analytics in the sale of Forecast5 to Frontline Education.*
- Represented Securly, Inc. in its acquisition of the business of TechPilot Labs, Inc.*
- Represented InstarAGF Asset Management Inc. in its acquisition of LS Networks, a fiber‑optic bandwidth infrastructure provider.*
- Represented Bowlero Corporation in its acquisition of the Professional Bowlers Association and other companies.*
- Represented CIRCOR International, Inc. in multiple divestitures, including the sale of its Instrumentation and Sampling business to Crane Co. and other business unit sales.*
- Represented GPS Insight in its acquisition by Accel‑KKR.*
- Represented Analytical Graphics, Inc. in its US$700m sale to Ansys, Inc.*
*Matters handled prior to joining Foley.