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Bayleigh Sauerwald

Associate

Bayleigh Sauerwald

Associate

Bayleigh Sauerwald is an associate in the Transactions Practice Group of our Business Law Department and assists clients with a variety of corporate and transactional matters. She began her career at Foley & Lardner as a Summer Associate with our M&A team by conducting legal research, drafting transactional documents, and assisting with due diligence.

While in law school, she worked at a law firm specializing in real estate and served as a student attorney in the Criminal Law Clinic at Boston University School of Law, defending indigent clients from criminal charges.

May 18, 2026 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents EMS, a Wynnchurch Portfolio Company, in Acquisition of American Metal Supply

Foley & Lardner LLP represented EMS, a value-added distributor of aluminum products and a Wynnchurch Capital portfolio company, in its acquisition of American Metals Supply, a distributor of aluminum products serving the patio and industrial end markets.
March 31, 2026 Deals and Wins

Foley Advises Archer Foodservice Partners, a Wynnchurch Capital Portfolio Company, in Acquisition of Sterno Foodservice Business

Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to Wynnchurch Capital and portfolio company Archer Foodservice Partners, a leading provider of foodservice consumables, in its agreement to acquire the foodservice business of SternoCandleLamp Holdings Inc from Compass Diversified (NYSE: CODI).
January 23, 2026 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents DLB in Sale of Majority Stake to Accenture

Foley & Lardner LLP represented DLB Associates and its affiliated companies (collectively “DLB”), an industry leader and trailblazer in engineering and consulting services for data centers and related mission critical facilities, in the sale of a majority stake to Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
November 5, 2025 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents NCH Corporation in Sale to Solenis

Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal advisor to NCH Corporation, the quality leader and trusted on-site expert in middle-market water treatment and industrial solutions, in its sale to Solenis, a portfolio company of Platinum Equity.
October 9, 2025 Deals and Wins

Foley Advises Millennium Physician Group on Partnership with IMA Medical Group

Foley & Lardner LLP served as legal counsel to Millennium Physician Group, a Mosaic Health Company and one of the country’s largest independent physician groups, in its acquisition of IMA Medical Group.
July 11, 2025 Deals and Wins

Foley Represents Five Elms Capital in $51M Series C Investment in Spacelift

Foley & Lardner LLP represented Five Elms Capital, a software-focused growth equity firm, in its lead investment in the $51 million Series C funding round of Spacelift, an infrastructure orchestration platform that manages the entire infrastructure lifecycle across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.