Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP‘s employee benefits and executive compensation practice is a core component of the firm’s interdisciplinary client teams, working closely with its M&A, leveraged finance, capital markets, insurance, banking, and tax practices to deliver well-coordinated and commercially focused advice tailored to each client’s unique objectives. The team has deep experience in the private equity industry, with substantial knowledge of compensation, employment, corporate governance, ERISA, and securities laws, and regularly assists clients in assessing human capital and liability considerations in connection with complex M&A transactions. The New York-based practice head, Jonathan Lewis, oversees all aspects of executive compensation and the strategic deployment of human capital, with a particular focus on the private equity, healthcare, and insurance sectors. He is supported by Franklin Mitchell in New York, who advises on disclosure and governance matters, negotiates executive compensation arrangements, and counsels on the executive compensation and employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions. In Washington DC, Simone Hicks focuses on a broad range of executive compensation and employee benefits issues, including the benefits and tax considerations that arise in both public and private M&A transactions.