Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP handles the full spectrum of executive compensation and employee benefits matters, including human resources issues, ERISA, federal income tax, and securities law considerations, particularly in connection with mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and public offerings. Practice head Jeffrey Ross focuses on complex fiduciary issues arising in asset management transactions, with particular emphasis on the application of ERISA’s fiduciary and prohibited transaction rules to the structuring, operation, and administration of private investment funds and investment management arrangements. He is supported by Amy Blackman, who counsels on executive and director compensation and employee benefits programmes in the context of ongoing corporate operations, and Andrea Pollak, who manages ERISA regulatory matters relating to the structuring, formation, and operation of investment funds and management platforms. All mentioned individuals are based in New York.