Brian Jebb > A&O Shearman > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
A&O Shearman Offices
1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10020
NEW YORK
United States
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Brian Jebb
Work Department
Compensation, Employment & Governance
Position
Partner
Career
Brian is valued by clients for his ability to advise clearly on complex matters, and is published regularly on employment and benefit matters. Brian has wide experience of all employment and benefit aspects of corporate transactions, including M&As, LBOs, spin-offs and IPOs. He advises public and private companies and private equity firms on the design and implementation of their annual and long-term incentive compensation plans, hiring and reduction of workforce, employment and separation agreements, restrictive covenants, equity incentive compensation arrangements, severance and retention arrangements, taxation, ERISA, securities and regulatory laws. Brian has also advised senior executives and management teams in relation to their employment arrangements. He advises private equity funds on executive compensation and ERISA issues in transactions. Brian also advises on ERISA issues in credit agreements, transactions and plan asset issues in venture capital arrangements.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
A&O Shearman is ‘exceptionally well-versed’ in the executive compensation and corporate governance aspects of cross-border transactions, including mergers, IPOs, spin-offs, and leveraged buyouts. Following the May 2024 merger of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling, the global team is under the joint leadership of Brian Jebb and Gillian Emmett Moldowan. Jebb’s notable work includes supporting Thomas Reuters on its $17bn sale of Refinitiv, and Moldowan specializes in human capital management and corporate governance. The firm also features Doreen Lilienfeld, who regularly advises on retention arrangements and disclosure compliance, and John Cannon, experienced in assisting biotechnology sector startups with compensation and corporate matters. All lawyers mentioned are in New York.
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- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation