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    Regina L. Readling

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    New York +1-212-558-4000
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    Regina Readling is a partner in S&C’s Executive Compensation Group. Regina advises public and private companies, boards of directors, compensation committees and executives on tax, securities law, disclosure and corporate governance matters pertaining to executive compensation arrangements. She counsels on executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, initial public offerings and other strategic transactions.

    Regina is an active member of the SUNY Buffalo Law School Alumni NYC Steering Committee and the Buffalo Law Review Alumni Board of Consultants and has also served as a mentor for students enrolled in SUNY Buffalo Law School’s Program in Finance and Law.

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    Experience

    Experience

    • Amazon.com in its $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market
    • American Express in its acquisition of substantially all of Kabbage
    • Arlington Industries in its pending acquisition by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners
    • Bausch Health (formerly Valeant Pharmaceuticals) in its $15.8 billion acquisition of Salix Pharmaceuticals
    • Better HoldCo in its $6.9 billion acquisition by SPAC Aurora Acquisition Corp.
    • BNY Mellon in the sale of its HedgeMark business to Innocap Investment Management

    • Canadian Pacific Railway in its $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern
    • CBRE Group in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Pearce Services from New Mountain Capital
    • Cedar Fair in its merger of equals transaction with Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (forming a combined enterprise value of approximately $8 billion)*
    • ChampionX Corporation in its sale to Schlumberger*
    • Concho Resources in its $13.7 billion sale to ConocoPhillips and its $9.5 billion acquisition of RSP Permian
    • Crescent Capital Group in connection with Sun Life Financial’s acquisition of a majority stake in Crescent for up to $338 million
    • Diageo in its $1 billion acquisition of Casamigos from founders George Clooney, Rande Gerber and Mike Meldman
    • Dyax in its $5.9 billion acquisition by Shire
    • Enbridge in its $28 billion acquisition of Spectra Energy
    • First Horizon Corporation in its $13.4 billion proposed acquisition by TD Bank Group, later terminated
    • Fiserv in its $22 billion acquisition of First Data Corporation
    • Flagstar Financial in its merger agreement with Flagstar Bank
    • Forge Global Holdings in its $660 million acquisition by The Charles Schwab Corporation
    • Goldman Sachs Bank in its acquisition of Clarity Money and acquisition of GE Capital Bank’s online deposit platform and assumption of its online deposits
    • The Goldman Sachs Group in its €1.7 billion acquisition of NN Investment Partners from NN Group
    • Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division in its approximately C$1.13 billion acquisition of People Corporation
    • Harris Corporation in its $35 billion merger of equals with L3 Technologies to form L3Harris Technologies and $350 million sale of its Night Vision business to Elbit Systems of America, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems
    • The Home Depot in its $18.25 billion acquisition of SRS Distribution*
    • HSBC Holdings in the sale of its West Coast Retail Branch Network to Cathay Bank
    • Investor group led by entrepreneur and sports card collector Nat Turner, D1 Capital Partners and Cohen Private Ventures in its $853 million acquisition of Collectors Universe
    • Julia Hartz, co-founder, chief executive officer, and executive chair of Eventbrite in its $500 million pending acquisition by Bending Spoons
    • K+S Aktiengesellschaft in its $3.2 billion sale of its Americas salt business to Stone Canyon Industries Holdings, Mark Demetree and affiliates
    • KCG Holdings in its $1.4 billion acquisition by Virtu Financial
    • Kite Pharma in its $11.9 billion acquisition by Gilead Sciences
    • The Kroger Company in its terminated $24.6 billion merger with Albertsons Companies*
    • Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services in its $1.3 billion acquisition by Advisor Group
    • Merck KGaA in its $6.4 billion acquisition of Versum Materials
    • NorthStar Asset Management Group in its $6 billion merger of equals with DigitalBridge Group and NorthStar Realty Finance
    • The Priceline Group in its $2.6 billion acquisition of OpenTable
    • Regions Bank in its $1 billion acquisition of EnerBank USA
    • Royal Philips in multiple transactions, including its $2.8 billion acquisition of BioTelemetry and its $2 billion acquisition of The Spectranetics Corporation
    • Sanofi in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Inhibrx and its $2.9 billion acquisition of Provention Bio*
    • Sotheby’s in its $3.7 billion sale to BidFair USA
    • SVB Financial Group in its approximately $900 million acquisition of Boston Private Financial Holdings

    *Denotes representations undertaken prior to joining S&C.

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    Rankings and Recognitions

    Rankings and Recognitions

    Regina is recommended for Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional by Legal 500 US, where she is described as being “excellent” and “knowledgeable of trends in the industry, and specifically current trends in pharmaceutical/biotech.” Clients also note that she “can distill complex topics into easy-to-understand terms and provide solid actionable advice.”

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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises Julia Hartz in Eventbrite’s $500 Million Acquisition by Bending Spoons

      December 2, 2025
    • S&C Advises Gildan in $4.4 Billion Acquisition of HanesBrands

      August 14, 2025
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • SUNY Buffalo Law School, J.D., 2008
    • Bates College, B.S., 2004

    Bar Admissions

    • New York
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    • Capital Markets
    • Executive Compensation
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
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