Emily M. Wajert

EMILY WAJERT represents employers in a variety of employment-related claims and disputes, including discrimination, retaliation, failure to accommodate, restrictive covenant, and bonus claims. She also assists clients in compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and advises clients on a wide array of issues, including transactional matters and mergers and acquisitions (both buy-side and sell-side). Emily works closely with clients in conducting workplace investigations involving allegations of sexual harassment, violation of workplace policies, and financial improprieties. Additionally, she counsels clients on COVID-19 workplace issues, including return-to-work policies, remote work operations, and handling furloughs and layoffs in accordance with local, state, and federal law.

She represents clients across various industries including media and entertainment, financial services, technology, and e-commerce.

Emily regularly publishes articles on various labor and employment trends and topics. She is a lecturer in law at USC Gould School of Law and holds a SHRM-CP certification. 

Labor and employment counsel in transactions including:

• The special committee of the board of directors of Nordstrom, Inc. in its US$6.25 billion acquisition by certain members of the Nordstrom family and El Puerto de Liverpool, S.A.B. de C.V.
• IEQ Capital in its acquisition of EPIQ Capital Group, an approximately US$5.3 billion multi-family office and investment firm.
• Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in its definitive agreement with Skillsoft to acquire SumTotal.
• DigiCert, Inc., backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., TA Associates, and Crosspoint Capital Partners L.P., in its acquisition of DNS Made Easy.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in the sale of Brightly Software, Inc., a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider, to Siemens AG for US$1.575 billion of upfront cash consideration, along with US$300 million in cash earn-out payments, for a total of US$1.875 billion.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of Kofax in partnership with TA Associates from Thoma Bravo.
• Perforce Software, Inc., a provider of solutions to enterprise teams backed by Francisco Partners and Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in its acquisition of Puppet, an automation software platform which enables users to deliver, update, monitor, and secure software across physical and virtual machines.
• Cornerstone OnDemand, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in its acquisition of EdCast, a learning experience platform software provider.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and Motive Partners in their acquisition of BETA+ assets from the London Stock Exchange Group.
• Symplr in its purchase of healthcare supply chain management software provider GreenLight Medical, Inc.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of global edtech company Discovery Education, Inc. from Francisco Partners.
• Symplr in its agreement to acquire Midas Health Analytics Solutions from Conduent Incorporated.
• Clearlake Capital Group- and TA Associates-backed DigiCert, Inc., a provider of TLS/SSL, PKI, and IoT solutions, in a strategic investment by Crosspoint Capital Partners, L.P.
• Proven Brands, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.’s Better For You Holdings food platform, in its sale for approximately $259 million to Hain Celestial Group, Inc., an organic and natural products company with operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
• Youth to the People, a high-performance skincare company, in its acquisition by L’Oréal.
• Provation Software, a Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. portfolio company, in its sale to Fortive Corporation for US$1.425 billion.
• Zywave, a Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and Aurora Capital Partners portfolio company, in the acquisition of ClarionDoor.
• Confluence Technologies, Inc. in its acquisition of Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS), a global regulatory software provider focused on enabling financial services firms to meet mandatory regulatory compliance requirements.
• Confluence Technologies, Inc. in its acquisition of Investment Metrics for US$500 million.
• nThrive, Inc., a leading healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) software-as-a-service platform backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., in its US$1.74 billion acquisition of TransUnion Healthcare from TransUnion.
• ChrysCapital in its acquisition of ResultsCX from One Equity Partners.
• Symplr in the acquisition of Halo Health, a provider of clinical communication and collaboration software.
• Symplr in the acquisition of SpinFusion, a healthcare/physician scheduling software provider.
• Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a global insurance brokerage, risk management, and consulting services firm, in its acquisition of the treaty reinsurance brokerage operations of Willis Towers Watson plc for US$3.25 billion.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its proposed US$5.2 billion acquisition of Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc., a global leader in talent management software.
• Constant Contact, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and Siris Capital, in the proposed acquisition of SharpSpring, Inc., a global provider of marketing technologies.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of Confluence Technologies, Inc., a global software and data solutions provider for the investment management industry.
• Precisely, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and TA Associates, in its acquisition of Winshuttle.
• Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in a strategic investment in BeyondTrust, a leading provider of Privileged Access Management software solutions.
• Symplr, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., and SkyKnight Capital, in its acquisition of HelathcareSource HR Inc., a provider of talent management software for the healthcare industry.
• Provation, a provider of procedure documentation and clinical decision software solutions backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in its acquisition of iProcedures, LLC, a top rated provider of cloud-based anesthesia documentation and perioperative data management software solutions.