Audry Casusol has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office, focusing on executive compensation, employee benefits, and corporate governance matters.
“We are delighted to welcome Audry to the firm,” said Cleary Managing Partner Michael Gerstenzang. “Our renowned executive compensation and employee benefits practice offers our public and private clients experience in the full range of substantive disciplines in this area, allowing us to effectively advise on their executive compensation design, corporate governance and disclosure matters. Given the increasing complexity of corporate transactions and constantly evolving regulatory regimes around the world, the Cleary team distinguishes itself by remaining at the forefront of these issues and helping our clients navigate them successfully. With her exceptional experience and versatility, Audry will further strengthen our incredibly talented team.”
Audry comes to Cleary after more than 10 years of assisting clients across a range of industries in navigating executive compensation, employee benefits and governance issues in the context of complex mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, initial public offerings, restructurings, spinoffs, and other major corporate transactions. She has also advised boards of directors, compensation committees, management, and executives on the design and legal analysis of compensation arrangements, along with administrative and regulatory compliance with tax, employment and securities laws, and corporate governance and disclosure obligations.
Cleary executive compensation and employee benefits partner Michael Albano added, “The breadth of Audry’s practice across disciplines and sectors will make her an invaluable asset to our team, helping us evolve and grow strategically so we can continue providing the highest level of service to our clients. She is also deeply committed to associate development and was an early champion of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, which are core priorities for Cleary. Taken together, Audry’s experience makes her uniquely well-positioned for our shared leadership of the group.”
“Cleary has a unique platform, a stellar reputation and a culture built on collaboration and a shared commitment to excellence that is critically important to me,” said Audry. “The firm’s highly skilled lawyers, large and diverse group of global clients and multidisciplinary approach provide an incredible opportunity. I could not be more excited to be joining the team. I look forward to leveraging my experience to help our clients achieve their goals and expand our reach.”
Audry has written and presented extensively on executive compensation, employee benefits and corporate governance matters. Immediately prior to joining Cleary, she was a partner in the executive compensation and employee benefits practice of a major international law firm. Audry received a J.D. from Duke University School of Law and a B.A. from North Carolina State University - Raleigh.