Mindy B. Leathe

Mindy Leathe, Co-Chair of the Global Employee Benefits & Compensation Practice, focuses on executive compensation and employee benefits. With more than 20 years of experience advising public and private companies, not-for-profit entities, fiduciaries and executives, she regularly counsels clients on pension, profit sharing, 401(k), supplemental executive retirement (SERP), deferred compensation and health and welfare benefit plans. Mindy also advises companies and senior executives regarding equity compensation arrangements, including stock options, phantom stock, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, profits interests, phantom rights, as well as bonus awards and various other long-term incentive programs. In addition, Mindy prepares, reviews and negotiates employment agreements, parachute agreements, retention agreements and severance agreements for both companies and individual executives.

A significant portion of Mindy’s practice involves advising in mergers and acquisition transactions with respect to the executive compensation and employee benefits aspects. This includes negotiating and documenting the employee benefit provisions in transaction documents, reviewing various employee benefit plan documents, preparing equity compensation plans and employment agreements and analyzing excess parachute payment issues. Mindy also assists clients in employee plan transition and restructuring benefits following an acquisition or merger.

Concentrations

•Corporate tax
•Employee benefits
•Executive compensation

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, 2021 and 2023-2025
•Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Design, 'Recommended Lawyer,' 2023-2025
•Tax - US Taxes: Non-Contentious, 2021
•Finalist, Daily Business Review, 'Top Dealmaker of the Year - Corporate International Category,' 2016
•Member, Winning Team, 'M&A Deal of the Year (Over $1 Billion to $5 Billion)' for Platform Specialty Products Corporation (f/k/a Platform Acquisition Holdings Limited) acquisition of MacDermid, Incorporated and related entities, The M&A Advisor’s 6th Annual International M&A Awards, 2014
•Finalist, Daily Business Review, 'Top Dealmaker of the Year - Corporate Finance Category,' 2013
•Member, Winning Team, ACG New York Champions Awards, Middle-Market Deal of the Year, Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year and Professional Services, 2012
•Recipient, Latin Lawyer Magazine, 'M&A Deal of the Year Award,' 2008