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Mr Andrew Blau
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Work Department
Corporate/Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits
Position
A Partner in the Firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice, Andrew Blau focuses his practice on compensation and benefit-related issues that arise in connection with mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, new and joint ventures and other corporate transactions. He has extensive experience in structuring employment agreements, equity compensation, performance incentives, deferred compensation, change in control protections, and management participation in buyouts and new ventures. His experience includes domestic and international M&A across a variety of sectors. Andrew also advises on the applicability of securities and tax laws to executives and employers, disclosure obligations in respect of employee benefits and executive compensation arrangements, corporate governance issues and general employment-related matters.
Career
Partner in 2017.
Education
George Washington University Law School (J.D., with Honors); University of Michigan (B.A. in Economics).
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
(Next Generation Partners)Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP fields a ‘truly top-notch’ team, renowned for its expertise in public and private M&A, private equity deals, and IPOs. The group excels in advising on management equity, employment arrangements, and compensation plans, as well as corporate governance and ERISA-related matters. Heading the team, Gregory Grogan has notably represented Microsoft in its $75 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and is celebrated for his work in executive retention and motivation. Jamin Koslowe specializes in equity-based incentive plans, deferred compensation, and benefits issues in spin-offs and securities offerings. Brian Robbins
, at the helm of the firm’s Title I ERISA practice, is adept at negotiating employment and termination agreements for high-profile executives. Laurence Moss lends his expertise to the employee benefits aspects of leveraged buyouts, while Andrew Blau focuses on structuring employment contracts, deferred compensation schemes, and management participation in new ventures. Jeannine McSweeney is well regarded for her guidance on incentives, retirement plans, and severance agreements in the context of M&A, IPOs, and joint ventures. All lawyers mentioned are in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
- Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional United States > Labor and employment
- Next Generation Partners United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Project finance
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Finance > Fintech