Morrison Foerster serves a diverse client base across sectors including technology, private equity, and finance, as well as healthcare, agribusiness, and consumer products. Experienced in ERISA-prohibited transactions, equity compensation plans, and retirement benefits, the group guides clients through transactions including IPOs and cross-border M&A. Domnick Bozzetti, co-leading the team from New York, offers public companies expertise in executive compensation disclosures, particularly in annual proxy statements and IPO contexts. His fellow co-chair in New York, Joshua Lerner, specializes in senior executive compensation matters, including severance packages and change in control arrangements. Of Counsels Marvin Swift and Brooke Monahan, based in Phoenix and San Francisco respectively, bring their ERISA and compensation expertise to the team, while associate Yuan Xia in Palo Alto is noted for her work with public companies, private equity funds, and startups.
Key clients
- SoftBank Group
- eBay
- onsemi
- Grant Thornton LLP
- Southwest Gas
- ARM Limited
- AgroFresh Solutions
- Examinetics
- Aqua Capital
- Main Post Partners
Work highlights
- Advised Arm on the executive compensation aspects of its blockbuster IPO on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
- Advised Southwest Gas on the executive compensation aspects of transactions, including the $1.5 billion sale of MountainWest Pipelines Holding Company to Williams Companies and the spin-off of Centuri Group.
- Advised SoftBank on the executive compensation aspects of its agreement to acquire all outstanding capital stock of Berkshire Grey.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Domnick Bozzetti, Joshua Lerner