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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

Partner and former Head of the Firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice Group. Practice includes participation in complex mergers and acquisitions, private equity fund formation and structuring, securities and commercial banking transactions involving issues arising under ERISA and related provisions of the Internal Revenue Code; the structuring and implementation of management equity arrangements, and other executive compensation, employment and severance programs; and advice with respect to tax, accounting and securities law issues related thereto.

Career

Joined firm as a Partner in 1998; Previously a Partner at Paul, Weiss.

Education

Columbia Law School (J.D., 1988); Amherst College (B.A., 1985).

Lawyer Rankings

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

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Brian RobbinsSimpson 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.

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.