ArentFox Schiff assists clients with navigating the effects of M&A on benefit plans. The group is co-led by Quana Jew in Washington DC, who brings extensive knowledge in areas such as employee stock ownership plans, executive incentives, and health and welfare benefit programs for employees, and New York’s Mamta Shah, who counsels public and private entities on matters related to qualified employee benefit plans, non-deferred compensation schemes, and severance arrangements. In Chicago, Brian Friederich, who was promoted to partner in January 2024, focuses on advising on ERISA compliance, onboarding and separation protocols, and on addressing benefits issues in the context of mergers.
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Key clients
- Monsanto Company/Bayer Corporation
- Carl Zeiss, Inc.
- Choice Hotels International
- TruGolf, Inc
- Kimball International
- First Mid Bancshares, Inc.
- Cresset Asset Management, LLC
- Tuthill Corporation
- Snap-on Incorporated
- Draper James LLC
- Kindeva Drug Delivery
Work highlights
- Provided pre- and post-transaction employee benefits assistance to Choice in its acquisition of the franchise business and operations of Radisson Hotels America for $675 million.
- Advised Monsanto on the impact on benefits arrangements of various mergers and acquisitions.
- Advised Carl Zeiss on the buying and selling of various business units, including recommendations on maintaining or integrating existing plans of the target into the parent's structure.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Quana Jew, Mamta Shah