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Partner in M&A and Securities Group and Employment & Employee Benefits Group. Advises on a broad range of executive compensation and employee benefits matters, including the associated tax, securities, corporate, employment and labor issues.
Ian routinely:
- Advises private and public companies, in particular private equity sponsors, regarding executive compensation and employee benefits issues arising in mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, joint ventures and other transactions
- Represents executives and management teams in negotiating employment and incentive compensation, particularly in connection with corporate transactions
- Advises clients as to the design and establishment of virtually all types of executive compensation, equity, deferred compensation and other benefit arrangements
- Advises companies and their boards regarding governance and disclosure requirements
- Represents lenders and borrowers in various corporate financing transactions
- Structures private equity and hedge funds and other investments in compliance with ERISA
Results
- Mill Point Capital in its acquisition of the commercial refrigeration and foodservice equipment businesses of Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: FMX)
- MGG Investment Group in the sale of a majority stake in MGG and its affiliates to Conning & Company, a subsidiary of Generali Investments, for $320M
- Mill Point Capital in its partnership with Proficium, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative products for commercial artificial intelligence infrastructures, hyperscale data centers and enterprise companies
- Soros Fund Management in a consortium’s $82.5M acquisition of BuzzFeed’s First We Feast, the production company behind the popular interview show “Hot Ones”
- Mill Point Capital in its acquisition of Seviroli Foods, Inc., a leading manufacturer of frozen pasta and other food products, and Vertullo Imports LLC, a leading specialty food importer
- Mill Point Capital and Seviroli Foods in their carve-out acquisition of the Italian food products portfolio of Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.
- Mill Point Capital in its carve-out acquisition of CrashPlan Group, a leading provider of cloud-based endpoint data backup and recovery software, from Code42 Software
- AS Birch Grove in its sale to Third Point LLC
- Velocity Clearing, a technology-driven, self-clearing broker/dealer, and its investors in an acquisition of a 75% stake by Hanwha Life Co., Ltd
- Lovell Minnick Partners in growth investment in S&S Health
- Lovell Minnick Partners in sale of National Auto Care to APCO Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
- WindAcre Partnership in investment in Nielsen Acquisition
- Czech Asset Management, L.P. in connection with Voya Financial’s acquisition of Czech Asset Management
- Associated Materials in its acquisition by funds managed by SVPGLOBAL
- XS Acquisition Portfolio LLC, an affiliate of Axar Capital Management LP, in a definitive arrangement agreement to acquire and take private XS Financial Inc.
- Executives of large publicly-traded private equity firm in connection with the negotiation of new employment arrangements and grant of equity awards
- CEO of a private company relating to a new employment agreement and equity rollover in connection with the sale of the company
- CEO-founder and other senior leadership team members of a Silicon Valley healthcare-focused company relating to new employment agreements on the acquisition of a majority stake by a private equity firm
- COO of NYSE-listed REIT on possible golden parachute issues arising from the REIT’s merger and new role at NYSE-listed spin-off
- Management team of a private equity portfolio company on the negotiation of a new equity incentive plan
- CarVal Investors L.P. in connection with AllianceBernstein’s acquisition of CarVal
- Veritas Capital in connection with its acquisition of Northrop Grumman’s Federal IT and Mission Support Services Business
- Veritas Capital in connection with its acquisition of Campus Management and Edcentric
- Cerberus and its portfolio company DynCorp International in connection with the sale of DynCorp to Amentum Holdings
- Veritas Capital in connection with its acquisition of DXC Technology’s US State and Local Health and Human Services Business
- Veritas Capital and its portfolio company Cambium Learning Group in connection with Cambium’s acquisition of Rosetta Stone
- Oak Hill Advisors in connection with the recapitalization of Associated Materials
- Albertsons Companies in connection with its initial public offering
- Senior Secured Noteholders in connection with a financial restructuring plan for Pace Industries
- Albertsons Companies in connection with Apollo Global Management, Inc.’s preferred equity investment in Albertsons
- Keane Group in connection with its merger with C&J Energy Services
- Cerberus in connection with its acquisition of Closure Systems from Reynolds Group
- Cerberus in connection with its acquisition of Off Lease Only
- Veritas Capital and its portfolio company Guidehouse in connection with Guidehouse’s acquisition of Navigant Consulting
- Veritas Capital and its portfolio company Cambium Learning Group in connection with Cambium’s acquisition of the AIR Assessment Division of the American Institutes for Research
- WMLP Secured Lenders in connection with its acquisition of Kemmerer coal mine and certain other assets in Westmoreland Bankruptcy Cases
- Veritas Capital and its portfolio company API Healthcare in connection with the sale of API Healthcare to Symplr
- Murray Energy Corporation joint venture in its acquisition of Mission Coal’s Oak Grove, Seminole Alabama and Maple Eagle mining complexes
- GCP Capital Partners and Transfast in connection with the sale of Transfast to Mastercard
- Veritas Capital and its portfolio company Virence Health in connection with Virence’s acquisition of athenahealth
- Marlin Equity Partners and its portfolio company Tangoe in connection with Tangoe’s acquisition of MOBI Wireless Management
- Veritas Capital in its acquisition of Cambium Learning Group
- Pamplona Capital Management in its sale of its portfolio company BBB Industries to Genstar Capital
- Priority Holdings LLC in connection with its combination with M I Acquisitions Inc., a special-purpose acquisition company
- Cerberus and TCW in connection with their acquisition of Patriot Service (now known as Carrier & Technology Solutions) through a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization
- Veritas Capital and affiliates in a “Reverse Morris Trust” transaction and merger with DXC Technology’s US Public Sector Business to form Perspecta, Inc.
- Veritas Capital in connection with its acquisition of GE Healthcare’s Enterprise Financial Management (Revenue-Cycle, Centricity Business), Ambulatory Care Management (Centricity Practice Solution) and Workforce Management (formerly API Healthcare) assets
- Veritas Capital in connection with its acquisition of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ US public sector business
- Marlin Equity Partners in connection with its acquisition of Bazaarvoice Inc.
- Cerberus in connection with its acquisition of certain assets of Club Exploria LLC and Club Exploria Resorts
- Marlin Equity Partners in its sale of OnX Enterprise Solutions to Cincinnati Bell Inc.
- Keane Group in connection with its acquisition of RockPile Energy Services
- Marlin Equity Partners in connection with its acquisition of Tangoe
- Keane Group in connection with its initial public offering
- Albert Fried & Company in connection with its acquisition by TD Securities
- Cerberus in connection with its acquisition of ABC Group Inc.
- Albertsons Companies in connection with its acquisition of 29 Haggen’s Grocery Stores
- Castle Harlan in connection with its sale of its portfolio company Baker & Taylor to Follett Corporation
- Veritas Capital in connection with the sale of its portfolio company Truven Health Analytics to IBM Watson Health
- Liberty Hall Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of Bromford Industries
- Liberty Hall Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of AIM Aerospace
- Home Meridian International in its sale to Hooker Furniture Corporation
- Keane Group in connection with its acquisition of a majority of the US assets of Trican Well Service Ltd.
- Veritas Capital in connection with its acquisition of Alion Science and Technology Corporation
- Liberty Hall Capital Partners in connection with its acquisition of La Croix Industries
- Orchard Brands Corporation in connection with its acquisition by Bluestem Group Inc.
- Tiptree Financial in connection with its acquisition of Reliance First Capital
- Marlin Equity Partners in connection with its acquisition of Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions
- Albertsons Companies in connection with its acquisition of Safeway Inc.
Recognitions
- Chambers USA
- The Legal 500 US
- New York Super Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, 2026
Capabilities and industries
Community
- Chair, Emory Law Advisory Board
- Chair, Emory Law School’s Center for Transactional Law and Practice Advisory Board
Credentials
Education
- New York University School of Law, LLM
- Emory University School of Law, JD
- Union College, BA
Admissions
- New York
- Connecticut
- Georgia
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