Julie Crisp advises clients on the full spectrum of employee benefits and executive compensation matters that can shape market-changing transactions and sustain businesses.

Julie leverages a sophisticated understanding of clients’ commercial objectives to craft practical solutions to the complex benefits and compensation issues involving:

  • The executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions, financings, initial public offerings, spinoffs, and other corporate transactions
  • Employment, severance, and change-in-control agreements
  • Deferred compensation plans, as well as equity and other incentive compensation plans and arrangements
  • Compliance with applicable tax and securities laws, including ERISA
  • Compensation disclosures for proxy statements and other public filings

She builds trusted relationships with private equity funds, public and private companies, and executives across industries to help clients achieve their business objectives.

A recognized leader at the firm, Julie previously served as Vice Chair of the firm’s Global Recruiting Committee and has been a member of the firm’s Associate Committee and Pro Bono Committee.

Julie prioritizes giving back to the community, particularly through initiatives that support equity and inclusion within the legal profession. She has served on the Board of Trustees for the NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education, and as a member of the Leaders Network Advisory Council for the Ron Brown Scholar Program, a college scholarship and leadership program for African American students.

Julie's experience includes representing:

Entertainment

  • Skydance in its:
    • US$28 billion merger with Paramount to acquire National Amusements
  • Paramount Skydance Corp. in its:
    • US$110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery
    • US$230 million acquisition of The Free Press
  • beIN Media Group in acquiring MIRAMAX
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in its:
    • US$8.45 billion acquisition by Amazon
  • Skydance Media in its joint venture with the NFL and NFL Films to create Skydance Sports

Technology

  • Vibe SAS in its US$1.22 billion sale to Walmart
  • PathAI in its US$1.05 billion sale to Roche
  • Digital Realty Trust in its:
    • US$8.4 billion acquisition of InterXion
    • US$7.6 billion acquisition of DuPont Fabros Technology
    • US$1.8 billion acquisition of The Telx Group
    • Acquiring a majority stake in Teraco Data Environments
  • T-Mobile in its US$26 billion merger with Sprint
  • Expedia in acquiring a majority stake in SilverRail Technologies
  • Intuit in its:
    • US$7.1 billion acquisition of Credit Karma
    • US$12 billion acquisition of Mailchimp
  • Planet Labs in its de-SPAC merger with dMY Technology Group, creating a combined company with a post-transaction equity value of approximately US$2.8 billion
  • Tradesy, an online consignment shopping platform, in its sale to Vestiaire Collective
  • Veritas Capital Vantage Fund in multiple buy-side acquisitions, including of AI data analytics company Babel Street

Energy and Infrastructure

  • Crosstimbers Capital Group in its US$230 million sale of Maverick Water Group to Apollo Global Management
  • Anglo American and Teck Resources Limited in their US$70 billion merger of equals
  • Archrock in the US$628 million spinoff of Exterran Corporation

Real Estate

  • Exclusive Investments in its US$59 million acquisition of Inspirato
  • Eastdil Secured in its US$1.1 billion sale to Savills
  • Kennedy-Wilson in its US$1.6 billion sale to a consortium led by William McMorrow and Fairfax Financial

Healthcare & Life Sciences

  • ArchiMed Group in its US$730 million acquisition of ZimVie
  • Goldman Sachs in its US$164 million acquisition of LearnWell

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 2009
  • BA, University of California, Berkeley, 2006
Crisp, Julie D.
June 30, 2023 Recognition

Rising Stars: Latham’s Julie Crisp

Century City partner recognized for advising major media and technology companies on benefits and compensation matters in connection with multibillion-dollar M&A deals.