Пользуясь бесспорным признанием в качестве лидера в данной области, фирма «Клири Готтлиб» имеет обширную практику в области оказания содействия хорошо известным транснациональным корпоративным клиентам в разработке схем вознаграждения руководства, которые обеспечивают сохранение хрупкого равновесия между интересами руководства корпорации, самой корпорации и акционеров корпорации. Помогая клиентам выработать продуманную, стратегически безупречную политику в отношении схем вознаграждения руководства и раскрытия об этом информации, мы тем самым также помогаем компаниям избежать противоречий в сфере корпоративного управления. Серьезный междисциплинарный подход позволяет нашим юристам, занимающимся вопросами вознаграждения руководства, предоставлять экспертные рекомендации по законодательству о налогообложении, ценных бумагах, доверительных обязанностях корпоративного руководства, трудовому законодательству и иным областям права, которые имеют значение для данных вопросов. Благодаря нашей широкой международной практике мы особенно успешно решаем те специфические проблемы, которые встают перед иностранными компаниями, осуществляющими деятельность в США.

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Practice Highlights

What Others Say About Our Practice

Selected Highlights

• Counsel on employment and benefits issues in several high profile acquisitions and investments in connection with the global financial crisis, including representing Citigroup, Bank of America and others with respect to their participation in the U.S. federal government’s financial rescue program; The Hartford Financial Services Group in a $2.5 billion capital investment in it by Allianz SE; Hellman & Friedman in its joint acquisition with Bain Capital of Lehman Brothers’ asset management firm, Neuberger Berman, and the fixed income and certain alternative asset management businesses of Lehman’s Investment Management Division; Dexia in the disposition of its interest in FSA; Barclays in its acquisition of Lehman Brothers’ North American investment banking and capital markets business; and Bank of America in pension law aspects of its acquisition of Merrill Lynch.
  
  
• 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 the United Auto Workers in connection with settlement negotiations with General Motors, Ford and Chrysler of retiree medical liabilities.
  
  
• 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 Alcoa, Alpha Natural Resources, American Express, American Tower, Ann Taylor, CARBO Ceramics, Citigroup, Constellation Energy, Continental Airlines, Credit Suisse, Dow Jones, Fresh Del Monte, Gate Gourmet, GlaxoSmithKline, Goldman Sachs, Hartford Financial, Hewlett-Packard, Hexcel Corporation, Honeywell, HSBC, Imax, Interpublic, J. Crew, Kindred Healthcare, Kraton Polymers, McDonald’s, MDC Partners, Morgan Stanley, Nortel, Pall Corporation, Siemens, Sony, Standard Microsystems, Student Loan Corporation, Tech Data, The Home Depot, The Washington Post Company, Tishman Speyer and Triarc Corporation, UTC and VeriSign, among others, on executive compensation and related disclosure matters.
  
  
• Counsel to Burger King, Standard Microsystems, Continental Airlines, J. Crew and Beta Steel Corp. in connection with corporate governance 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, Barilla, Cardinal Health, Express, Harrods, Hilton and Home Shopping Network.
  
  
• Employee benefits and executive compensation counsel in several recent cross-border M&A transactions, including Temasek, a Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, in its more than $8 billion investments into Merrill Lynch; LS Cable’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Superior Essex; TPG in its $800 million acquisition of 50 percent of Russian pharmaceutical distributor SIA International; 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.
  
  
• Counsel to TPG Capital Funds, MBK Partners Funds, CCMP Asia Funds, TAC 2007 Fund, and Hellman & Friedman Funds in connection with ERISA Plan asset rules, including venture capital operating company rules, related to the establishment of each fund and the investments made by the funds.
  
  
• Counsel to virtually every major financial institution on pension investment matters, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital, Barclays Global Investors, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America and ING. We also advise pension plan investors such as the pension funds of 3M and UTC.
  
  
• Counsel to Bank of America, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Prudential Securities and UBS regarding ERISA issues in structuring and marketing structured products.

“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)

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“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)

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“‘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)

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

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“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)