Fenwick Represents Gusto in Acquisition of Guideline

Fenwick is representing Gusto, a developer of a cloud-based payroll and human resource management platform designed to provide employee benefits, in its acquisition of Guideline, a startup specializing in corporate retirement plans.

Gusto and Guideline have long partnered to provide Guideline’s 401k retirement benefits to Gusto’s small and medium sized business customers. Now, with Gusto’s acquisition of Guideline, those same retirement offerings will be available directly through Gusto. More information can be obtained from the news announcement. 

The Fenwick transaction team includes corporate partners Victoria Lupu and Ken Myers and associates Zoe Zhang, Raffi Terteryan and Amber Knepper; technology transactions partner Joseph Schenck, associates Pinar Bailey, Kehl Sink, Sarah Myers, Aaron Dunn, Rob Ferrari, Taylor Muentener, Kristen Rovai, Lily Rose Henein and Sam Dodson and advisor Sandra Weustink; executive compensation and employee benefits partner Jim Hauser and associates Jonathan Stephenson and Rachel Coffey; employment litigation associate Reanne Swafford-Harris; privacy and cybersecurity partner Ana Razmazma and associate Kayla Tanaka; antitrust and competition partner Steve Albertson, counsel Meredith Mommers and associate Susan Lee; regulatory partner Heidi Lawson and associate Sarah Hopkins; tax partner William Skinner and associate Kris Hatch, debt partner Eric Shedlosky and associate Eric Cheng; trademark partner Mark Jansen and associate Sabrina Shyn; and payments systems associate Igor Voloshin.