Lawyers

Matt Friestedt leads the Firm’s Executive Compensation M&A practice. He is experienced in handling all matters involving the compensation of senior executives, including employment, change in control, equity compensation and severance arrangements. Matt has worked on over $2 trillion of M&A transactions and written extensively on executive compensation practices and the Section 280G “golden parachute” tax rules. He also regularly advises on governance issues.

SELECTED REPRESENTATIONS

• AbbVie withdrawn acquisition of Shire ($55 billion)
• AIG sale of Alico to MetLife ($15 billion)
• Amazon acquisition of Whole Foods ($14 billion)
• Amgen acquisition of Onyx ($10 billion)
• AT&T acquisition of DirecTV ($67 billion)
• AT&T acquisition of Time Warner ($109 billion)
• AT&T blocked acquisition of T-Mobile ($39 billion)
• ​AT&T spin-off of DirecTV ($16 billion)
• ​AT&T spin-off of WarnerMedia
• Bayer acquisition of Monsanto ($66 billion)
• Biohaven sale to Pfizer ($12 billion)
• Cablevision sale to Altice ($18 billion)
• Columbia Pipeline sale to TransCanada ($13 billion)
• ​Concho sale to ConocoPhillips ($14 billion)
• Concho acquisition of RSP Permian ($10 billion)
• ​Credit Suisse pending sale to UBS ($3 billion)
• CVS acquisition of Omnicare ($13 billion)
• Dyax sale to Shire ($6 billion)
• Enbridge acquisition of Spectra ($43 billion)
• Fiat acquisition of Chrysler out of bankruptcy
• Fiserv acquisition of First Data ($22 billion)
• GGP sale to Brookfield ($28 billion)
• Goldman Sachs acquisition of SLK  ($6 billion)
• Harris merger of equals with L3 ($35 billion)
• Hilton Hotels LBO by Blackstone ($26 billion)
• Idenix sale to Merck ($4 billion)
• ICE acquisition of the NYSE ($8 billion)
• Kite Pharma sale to Gilead Sciences ($12 billion)
• Kraft merger with Heinz ($55 billion)
• Medco sale to Express Scripts ($29 billion)
• Perrigo acquisition of Elan ($9 billion)
• Pharmasset sale to Gilead Sciences ($11 billion)
• ​PRA Health Sciences sale to ICON ($12 billion)
• Priceline acquisitions of Kayak and OpenTable
• SBC acquisition of AT&T ($22 billion)
• ​Seagen pending sale to Pfizer ($43 billion)
• Silver Lake sale of Skype to Microsoft ($9 billion)
• Stemcentrx sale to AbbVie ($10 billion)
• Synageva sale to Alexion ($8 billion)
• Teva acquisition of Allergan Generics ($40 billion)
• TXU LBO by KKR and TPG ($45 billion)
• UnitedHealth acquisition of Catamaran ($13 billion)
• UnitedHealth acquisition of Change Healthcare ($14 billion)
• ZF acquisition of TRW ($13 billion)

• General Compensation: AMC Networks, Artisan Partners, Cablevision, Madison Square Garden, PacWest Bank, ProSight, RR Donnelley and Vornado
• IPOs: Archipelago, Artisan Partners, Great Western Bank and ProSight
• LBOs: Ares, CPPIB, OTPP and Rhône
• Management Team LBOs: Acosta, Grocery Outlet, Guitar Center, HCA, Russel Investments, Savers
• Spin-Offs: AMC Networks, Donnelley Financial Services, LSC Communications, JBG Smith, Madison Square Garden, MSG Networks, Urban Edge