Mergers & Acquisitions

• Advised buyers and sellers on labor and employment matters in hundreds of private equity and strategic transactions.
• Advised private equity firm on the employment and benefits aspects of its acquisition of the largest independent provider of litigation support services across the United States.
• Advised private equity firm on labor and employment issues related to its investment in a renewable fuel business.
• Advised venture capital firm on the employment aspects of its investment in a cybersecurity company.
• Advised the seller on employment and union matters in connection with the sale of the largest federally subsidized housing complex in the United States.
• Represented Miami-based private equity firm in relation to its acquisition of a transportation and logistics business, impacting nearly 5,000 workers and owner-operators nation-wide.
• Represented Miami-based private equity firm in connection with its platform acquisition of a national financial consulting and advisory firm, impacting hundreds of professional employees across several states.
• Advised a leading healthcare company focused on chronic condition management in its acquisition of a digital behavioral health business.
• Represented packaging manufacturer in connection with the divestiture of multiple plans impacting more than 100 unionized and non-union employees. The purpose of the divestiture was to win antitrust approval of a separate announced merger.
• Represented healthcare-focused private equity firm in connection with its investment in a clinical software business.
• Represented premier direct-to-consumer insurance platform in connection with its acquisition by a publicly traded (NASDAQ) product agnostic insurance technology platform.
• Represented significant, private equity-backed, ophthalmology physician practice management (“PPM”) platform in connection with several growth transactions.
• Represented a global private equity firm in connection with its acquisition, from a publicly traded (NYSE) company, of the manufacturer and seller of a marquee consumer product.
• Represented New York-based private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of a national independent outpatient diagnostic imaging service with nearly 2,000 associates, fixed site centers in 22 states, and transportable imaging systems providing coverage in 49 states.
• Represented Florida-based private equity firm and its portfolio company, a designer and manufacturer of ventilation products, in connection with its add-on acquisition of the manufacturer of air movers, dryers, dehumidifiers, air scrubbers and related products for the commercial, industrial and retail markets.
• Represented Florida-based private equity firm and its portfolio company, a leading provider of employee engagement software, in its acquisition of a Montreal-based creator of employee recognition software solutions.
• Represented Chicago-based, healthcare focused, private equity firm in connection with its platform acquisition of a St. Louis-based oral surgery practice management company.
• Represented manufacturer of products and tools for the electrical, wire processing, data communications, aerospace, automotive and construction industries in its acquisition, by way of a complex asset carve-out transaction, of the lighting business of a publicly traded (NASDAQ) electronic components company.

Counseling

• Advised private equity firm on the structuring and implementation of a providing cross-portfolio advancement opportunities for high performance talent while maintaining legal compliance and mitigating risks.
• Led a multidisciplinary team of regulatory specialists, litigators, and corporate lawyers to resolve, on favorable terms, whistleblower claims asserted by a senior executive against his employer and its private equity sponsor. Prior to the alleged reports of purported regulatory violations, the "whistleblower" in question had been the seller of his business to the client.
• Represented the private equity acquirer of a business in the resolution, on favorable terms, of a dispute arising from a seller's failure to disclose material information concerning the seller's own romantic relationships in the workplace.
• Guided the strategic asset purchaser of a unionized supplier, to navigate, within the narrow confines of the law, a situation in which employees being retained wished to decertify the union. The result was that the union was decertified and no unfair labor practice charge was filed.
• Representing private equity firms and their portfolio companies on their most sensitive employment matters including confidential, out-of-court, resolutions of disputes with senior executives.

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

• In a case of first impression, successfully persuaded the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to adopt the rule that the New York State Human Rights Law does not provide a private cause of action to a New York resident for alleged discrimination occurring outside of New York (in this case, on the high seas). Coupled with the favorable adjudication of other issues in the client’s favor, the outcome for the client was complete victory on all claims*
• On behalf of software industry client, secured a substantial monetary settlement (after prevailing on several "make-or-break motions") in a litigation prosecuting claims for breach of confidentiality agreement, misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition.
• On behalf of food-industry client, successfully defended and settled, on favorable terms, putative wage and hour class and collective action.
• On behalf of research laboratory client, negotiated a pre-litigation resolution, on favorable terms, clearing the way to hire a scientist, without the cloud of potential liability arising under a restrictive covenant agreement with former employer.