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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10017-3954
NEW YORK
United States
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Work Department

Corporate/Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits

Position

Head of Simpson Thacher’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice specializing in retention and motivation in M&A transactions and IPOs with a private equity focus. Significant engagements include 150+ Blackstone acquisitions, divestitures and IPOs (Hilton, Bumble, Ancestry, Refinitiv, SeaWorld, Vivint, Invitation Homes, Equity Office, Motel 6); LBOs of PetSmart, ADT and Nortek; and multiple transactions for AIG, Centerbridge, Mars, Microsoft (Activision Blizzard, LinkedIn, Skype, GitHub, ZeniMax, Nuance), SiriusXM, PPL and Johnson Controls/Tyco, as well as the Board of Directors of Twitter, Inc. in its sale to Elon Musk. Greg regularly advises boards regarding C-level succession matters. Experienced in PBGC negotiations.

Career

Joined Firm, 2000; Partner 2007.

Education

BA, California State University, Northridge, 1995; JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1998.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional

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Gregory Grogan – Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Maintaining its strong position in the space, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s team specializes in representing international corporations and private equity funds in multijurisdictional M&A and high-profile IPOs. The firm’s expertise in executive compensation and employee benefits matters relating to corporate transactions has attracted clients in industries spanning from healthcare to fintech. Practice group head Gregory Grogan focuses on executive retention in M&A and IPOs, with a particular emphasis on private equity. Partner Brian Robbins has extensive experience assisting senior executives in connection with the negotiation of employment and termination agreements. David Rubinsky advises major companies such as Hellman & Friedman and KKR on its sales and acquisitions, while Jamin Koslowe frequently helps boards and compensation committees with executive compensation matters. In the Palo Alto office Tristan Brown handles takeovers and corporate mergers, and Andrew Blau helps clients to structure deferred compensation. Jeannine McSweeney focuses on equity-based incentives and retirement plans. All attorneys are New York-based, unless otherwise stated.