Bayley F.Johnson

Associate

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Bayley Johnson is a labor and employment associate at Jones Day, where she leverages her experience in traditional labor, administrative agency litigation, and employment litigation to help employers navigate complex labor and employment matters.

Bayley's practice focuses especially on traditional labor matters arising under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Railway Labor Act (RLA). She brings a business-oriented approach to representing clients in high-stakes labor relations matters and partners with clients across all industries, including manufacturing, food and agriculture, railroad, banking and finance, oil and gas, media and telecommunications, and transportation industries. Her depth of experience in traditional labor matters includes collective bargaining, grievance management, labor arbitration proceedings, unfair labor practice proceedings, union organizing, strike contingency planning, strike injunction proceedings, and labor management relations counseling. She regularly represents clients before American Arbitration Association (AAA) and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) arbitrators and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Bayley's experience also extends to counseling clients with labor and employment issues related to mergers and acquisitions and other business transactions. She represents employers in federal and state courts, arbitration proceedings, and administrative agencies in discrimination matters, wage and hour litigation, and other employment litigation matters.

Bayley is an active member of the American Bar Association Practice & Procedure Committee Under the NLRA, and she is a frequent speaker on traditional labor topics. In addition to her labor and employment practice, Bayley is also dedicated to pro bono representation, primarily in asylum cases before federal administrative agencies.

Experiência

  • Valmet acquires process gas chromatography business of Siemens AGJones Day advised Valmet Oyj in the €102.5 million acquisition of the process gas chromatography business of Siemens AG.
  • MPE Partners acquires P&S Detail ProductsJones Day advised MPE Partners in the acquisition and financing by portfolio company Appearance Technology Group of P&S Detail Products, a leading designer and manufacturer of branded, consumable car care liquid chemicals for professional and do-it-yourself ("DIY") users.
  • Home Point Capital sells wholesale originations business to The Loan StoreJones Day advised Home Point Capital Inc. in the sale of certain assets of its wholesale originations channel to The Loan Store, Inc., a national wholesale lender headquartered in Tucson, Arizona.
  • Coalition of railroads achieve successful results in national collective bargainingJones Day was counsel for the U.S. railroad industry in one of the largest and most consequential labor matters of 2022, helping to avoid threatened work stoppages by 100,000 workers that would have gravely imperilled the U.S. economy and drew the personal attention of President Biden.
  • General Mills acquires TNT CrustJones Day advised General Mills in the acquisition of TNT Crust Intermediate Holdings LLC from private equity firm Peak Rock Capital. As part of the acquisition, General Mills also acquired two manufacturing facilities in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and St. Charles, Missouri.
  • Polaris sells Transamerican Auto Parts business to Wheel ProsJones Day is representing Polaris Inc. in the sale of its Transamerican Auto Parts business to Wheel Pros, a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of proprietary branded aftermarket vehicle enhancements for light trucks, SUVs, passenger cars, and ATVs/UTVs, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.
  • Home Point sells delegated correspondent channel assets to Planet Home LendingJones Day is advising Home Point Capital Inc. in the sale of certain assets of the delegated correspondent channel of Home Point Financial Corporation to Planet Home Lending, LLC, a national mortgage lender and servicer.
  • Centre Lane Partners portfolio company acquires Fiskars' North American watering businessJones Day advised Centre Lane Partners, LLC in connection with the acquisition and financing by its portfolio company Lawn & Garden, LLC of Fiskars Corporation's North American watering business including the Gilmour and Nelson brands.
  • HCI Equity Partners-backed SDS Rx acquires Mission Critical Delivery SolutionsJones Day advised HCI Equity Partners in the acquisition and financing by portfolio company SDS Rx of Mission Critical Delivery Solutions, headquartered in Bangor, Maine.
  • UnifyHR sells company to AscensusJones Day advised UnifyHR LLC in its sale to Ascensus Group LLC.
  • Integrated Power Services acquires Delta Electric Motors and Eastside Electric MotorsJones Day represented Integrated Power Services Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of electric motor and generator repair services, in connection with its acquisition of Delta Electric Motors and Eastside Electric Motors.
  • Conagra Brands sold Peter Pan® peanut butter brand to Post Holdings, Inc.Jones Day advised Conagra Brands, Inc. in the sale of its Peter Pan® peanut butter business to Post Holdings, Inc., a consumer packaged goods holding company.
  • USI Insurance Services acquires Venneberg Insurance, Inc.Jones Day advised USI Insurance Services in its acquisition of Sitka, Alaska-based insurance agency Venneberg Insurance, Inc.
  • USI Insurance Services acquires Findley, Inc.Jones Day advised USI Insurance Services, a top 10 insurance broker, in connection with its acquisition of the stock of Findley, Inc., a leading independent human resources and employee benefits consulting firm, providing actuarial, benefits and administrative consulting services to private and publicly held companies, the public sector, and non-profit organizations.
  • Riverside invests in Buildout, Inc.Jones Day advised The Riverside Company in connection with its investment in and financing of Buildout, Inc., a Chicago company that provides SaaS-based marketing and customer relationship management software to commercial real estate brokerages.
  • SDS Rx acquires Medical Delivery ServicesJones Day advised Strategic Delivery Solutions ("SDS Rx"), backed by HCI Equity Partners, in the acquisition of Medical Delivery Services.
  • U.S. Steel executes Option Agreement for potential joint venture with Stelco Inc. to acquire 25% interest in Minntac at enterprise value of $2.4 billionJones Day represented United States Steel Corporation, an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States and Central Europe, in connection with the execution of an Option Agreement for a potential joint venture with Stelco Inc., a vertically integrated Canadian steelmaker.
  • Alcoa sold Gum Springs, Arkansas, facility to Veolia for $250 millionJones Day advised Alcoa Corporation (NYSE: AA), a global leader in bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products, on the $250 million sale of its Gum Springs, Arkansas, waste treatment facility to Veolia ES Technical Solutions.
  • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners portfolio company acquires iMark MoldingJones Day represented Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition and related financing by portfolio company Comar Holding Company, LLC of iMark Molding, LLC ("iMark") from the original iMark founders.
  • Resilience Capital portfolio company merges business operations with those of Maysteel IndustriesJones Day represented Resilience Capital Partners LLC in connection with the merger of business operations of portfolio company, Porter's Group LLC, with those of Maysteel Industries, LLC, creating a leading custom sheet metal fabricator serving a number of industries.