임직원 보수 및 복지 관련 업무

Cleary Gottlieb은 임직원 보수 및 복지 관련 분야에서 발군의 실력을 가지고 있는 것으로 인정받고 있습니다. 저희 회사는 유명 다국적 기업 고객들을 위하여 직원과 회사, 주주의 이해관계의 균형을 이루는 임직원 보수구조를 짜는 업무를 폭넓게 다루고 있습니다. 고객들이 현명하고 전략적으로 안전한 보수구조를 설립할 수 있게 지원함으로써, 저희 회사는 기업들이 기업지배구조상의 문제점을 사전에 예방할 수 있게 합니다. 조세, 증권, 회사법상 대리인, 근로관계 기타 보수구조와 관련된 다양한 법률문제에 종합적으로 접근하는 신중한 자세는 저희 회사로 하여금 더욱 전문적인 자문을 할 수 있게 합니다. 저희 회사는 폭넓은 국제 업무를 하고 있기 때문에 , 특히 해외기업이 미국에서 사업을 할 때 일어날 수 있는 보수구조상의 독특한 문제점을 해결하는 데 강점을 가지고 있습니다.

Practice Highlights

What Others Say About Our Practice

Selected Highlights

Counsel to clients with respect to setting industry leading disclosure in response to the new proxy rules and in adapting and shaping the private sector’s response to the SEC disclosure rules.
Counsel to United Auto Workers in the settlement of retiree medical claims with General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.
Counsel to several major financial institutions in connection with their financing leveraged employee investment programs for their clients, structuring investment products for the U.S. pension fund marketplace, and on carried and co-investment programs for deal professionals.
Counsel to American Express, American Tower, Ann Taylor, CARBO Ceramics, Citigroup, Constellation Energy, Continental Airlines, Credit Suisse, Dow Jones, Gate Gourmet, GlaxoSmithKline, Goldman Sachs, Hexcel Corporation, Honeywell, HSBC, Interpublic, J. Crew, Kindred Healthcare, Kraton Polymers, McDonald’s, MDC Partners, Morgan Stanley, Nortel, Pall Corporation, Standard Microsystems, Sony, Student Loan Corporation, Tech Data, The Home Depot, Tishman Speyer and Triarc Corporation, among others, on executive compensation and related disclosure matters.
Counsel to Bank of America, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase on securities law issues relating to financial trading strategies for insiders.
Counsel to management in connection with going private or spin-off transactions involving Outback Steakhouse and Patriot Coal Company, and to several CEOs, COOs and presidents with respect to contract negotiations including executives of Aetna, Alcoa, Express, Harrods and Hilton.
Employee benefits and executive compensation counsel in several recent cross-border M&A transactions, including GlaxoSmithKline’s $720 million acquisition of Sirtris and $1.65 billion acquisition of Reliant Pharmaceuticals; Istithmar’s $945 million acquisition of Barneys New York; McDonald’s in the sale of its operations in Latin America and the Caribbean; Euronext’s $11.3 billion merger-of-equals with NYSE Group; OMX’s $3.7 billion merger with NASDAQ; SABMiller’s joint venture with Molson Coors; and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria’s $9.6 billion acquisition of Compass Bancshares.
Counsel on employment and benefits matters in connection with Hewlett Packard’s $12.8 billion acquisition of Electronic Data Systems; T-Mobile USA’s acquisition of SunCom Wireless Holdings; Warburg Pincus’ $4.5 billion acquisition of Bausch & Lomb; People’s United Financial’s $1.9 billion acquisition of Chittenden Corporation; and special benefits counsel to Dow Jones in its acquisition by News Corporation.
Counsel to TPG Capital and, as a result of club deals involving multiple private equity funds, we have represented most of the major private equity firms and investment funds, including advising in the acquisition of Harrah’s Entertainment and the LBOs of Biomet and Alltel.

“Seasoned clients describe it as ‘by far and away the best ERISA group in the country, with a diversity and breadth of expertise.’”
Chambers USA (2008)

“Clients... describe the team as ‘cutting-edge’ and ‘highly integrated’, while it manages to ‘marry legal analysis and practical advice.’”
The US Legal 500 (2008)

“‘Absolutely excellent’... ‘Great judgment’ lies at the heart of the group's appeal and the team is 'at the top of its game' for its transactional practice.”
Chambers USA (2007)

A “Leading” firm for Employee Benefits in New York
PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook (2007)

“Strikes the perfect balance between destination practice and corporate support, ensuring it a place at the forefront of the market.”
The US Legal 500: Volume IV (2007)

“Considered by clients to be ‘as good as it gets,’ with the team acting for a glittering cast of investment banks on ERISA matters.”
Chambers USA (2006)