Brian Jebb > A&O Shearman > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
A&O Shearman Offices
1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10020
NEW YORK
United States
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Brian Jebb
Work Department
Compensation, Employment, Pensions & Governance
Position
Partner
Career
Brian is a Partner at A&O Shearman and is valued by clients for his ability to advise clearly on complex matters, and is published regularly on employment and benefit matters. Brian has wide experience of all employment and benefit aspects of corporate transactions, including M&As, LBOs, spin-offs and IPOs. He advises public and private companies and private equity firms on the design and implementation of their annual and long-term incentive compensation plans, hiring and reduction of workforce, employment and separation agreements, restrictive covenants, equity incentive compensation arrangements, severance and retention arrangements, taxation, ERISA, securities and regulatory laws. Brian has also advised senior executives and management teams in relation to their employment arrangements. He advises private equity funds on executive compensation and ERISA issues in transactions. Brian also advises on ERISA issues in credit agreements, transactions and plan asset issues in venture capital arrangements.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
A&O Shearman has broad expertise across executive compensation, employment, and governance, navigating high-stakes corporate transactions, including executive pay in billion-dollar M&A deals, alongside guiding boards through governance challenges. Brian Jebb and John Cannon, both global co-heads of the practice, bring deep expertise in cross-border transactions, with knowledge of regulatory landscapes and market trends. Known for its ability to handle intricate compensation structures, post-transaction integration, and equity plan design, the firm is a go-to for private equity giants, tech innovators, and multinational corporations.
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- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- International trade and national security > CFIUS