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Mr Arthur Kohn

Position
Arthur H. Kohn is a partner based in the New York office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. Mr. Kohn’s practice focuses on compensation and benefit matters, including tax, securities law, corporate governance and other disciplines related to executive compensation, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, pension compliance and investment, employment law and related matters. He advises public and private companies in financial services, retail, industrial, technology and other industries. He teaches the Taxation of Executive Compensation at NYU Law School, and has written and spoken extensively on compensation and governance matters. He also is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Weinberg Center.
Career
Mr. Kohn joined the firm in 1986 and became a partner in 1995. Mr. Kohn is co-chair of the firm’s New York office diversity committee, and past chair of its corporate governance practice group and its pension and employee benefits committee.
Memberships
Mr. Kohn is a member of the Bar in New York.
Education
Mr. Kohn received a J.D. degree and an undergraduate degree from Columbia University in 1986.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Finance > Project finance
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense