Holly M. Bauer

Holly M. Bauer focuses on executive compensation, employee benefits, and employment matters for companies at different stages of growth and development. Her practice covers complex business transactions, ongoing compensation planning, and employment-related issues. She advises clients on mergers, acquisitions, spinoffs, and public offerings while helping organizations address compensation challenges with practical and thoughtful legal guidance.

Holly earned a BA from the University of Southern California in 1991. She later received a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1995. Her educational background, combined with prior corporate law experience, provides a strong foundation for advising on executive compensation, benefits, corporate governance, and securities-related matters connected to employment and incentive arrangements.

Holly works with both public and emerging companies on a wide range of compensation and benefits issues. Her experience includes advising on employment arrangements, executive compensation disclosures, proxy materials, and securities filings. She also assists with global equity programs, cash-based incentive plans, deferred compensation plans, and health and welfare plans, helping organizations manage important workforce and leadership compensation matters.

Holly has advised clients on significant corporate transactions across multiple industries. Her representative work includes matters involving Fubo, Prometheus Biosciences, Aerovironment, Extra Space Storage, NextGen Healthcare, Zogenix, ChemoCentryx, Icosavax, Ligand, Viasat, and Golden State Foods. She has also supported several companies through initial public offerings and continues to advise numerous public companies on ongoing executive compensation and employee benefits concerns.

Holly M. Bauer is known for combining careful judgment with creative solutions when addressing compensation and employment issues. She helps businesses navigate the legal and regulatory aspects of executive compensation while supporting important corporate transactions. Her work assists organizations in creating effective compensation structures, maintaining compliance obligations, and managing complex employment and benefits matters in an evolving business environment.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
• Member, The State Bar of California

Licensed State

• California

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Southern California
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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