Paul Weiss
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Lawrence (Larry) Witdorchic is a partner in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group. In the 2011, 2012 and 2013 editions of Chambers USA and Legal 500, Larry was named as a leading individual for New York Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation.
Larry advises a wide variety of clients in transactional matters, including private equity funds and publicly-held corporations, with respect to the executive compensation and employee benefits features of mergers, takeovers, other acquisitions, dispositions and initial public offerings. Larry's practice includes the structuring and design of equity compensation arrangements, including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, phantom stock, performance shares and LLC/partnership interests (including profits interests), and all facets of nonqualified deferred compensation plans and arrangements, including tax and accounting consequences. He advises clients on the creation, negotiation and modification of employment agreements, separation and termination agreements, change in control arrangements, often in connection with significant corporate transactions. In addition, he assists private equity funds and other entities with significant pension plan investors in complying with ERISA fiduciary rules, including structuring of acquisitions and dispositions to comply with ERISA's plan asset rules regarding venture capital operating companies (VCOCs), real estate operating companies (REOCs) and other pooled investment vehicles. Larry also provides securities laws advice relating to employee benefits and executive compensation, including registration of benefit plans on Form S-8 and compliance with Rule 701 under the Securities Act and compliance with the various disclosure requirements and compliance with Section 16 and Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.
Larry's public company merger and acquisition representations include:
Larry's private equity and private company merger and acquisition experience includes:
Larry's capital markets and securities representations include:
Larry also provides securities and compensation disclosure counsel to a wide range of public companies, including Automatic Data Processing, Inc. and Ralph Lauren Corporation, among other clients.
Larry was a member of the Fordham Law Review.
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Dec 23, 2015 | News
ProAmpac Completes Acquisition of Coating Excellence International
Dec 16, 2015 | News
Chambers Street Properties and Gramercy Property Close Merger
Dec 16, 2015 | News
PulteGroup to Acquire Homebuilding Assets From John Wieland Homes
Dec 07, 2015 | News
Lennar Acquires Homes and Buildable Sites From Orleans Homes
Nov 19, 2015 | News
Cologix Completes Leveraged Acquisition of Net Access
Nov 03, 2015 | News
Vice and A+E Networks to Launch Viceland TV Channel
Oct 27, 2015 | News
Ericsson Completes Acquisition of Envivio
Oct 28, 2015 | News
Apollo Affiliated Funds Acquire OM Group
Oct 15, 2015 | News
Oct 12, 2015 | News
Edelman Financial Services Sells Majority Stake to Hellman & Friedman
Oct 13, 2015 | News
Smashburger to Sell Minority Stake to Jollibee Foods
Sep 15, 2015 | News
Sep 14, 2015 | News
WME IMG Acquires Miss Universe Organization From Donald Trump
Sep 10, 2015 | News
Aug 19, 2015 | News
Wellspring Capital Forms Leading Flexible Packaging Company
Aug 10, 2015 | Publications
SEC Adopts Final CEO Pay-Ratio Disclosure Rules
Jul 21, 2015 | News
Orleans Homes Sells Three Divisions to Taylor Morrison
Jul 09, 2015 | Publications
SEC Proposes Executive Compensation Clawback Rules
Jul 01, 2015 | News
Apollo Affiliated Funds Acquire Protection 1 and ASG Security
Jul 01, 2015 | News
Chambers Street Properties and Gramercy Property Trust to Merge
Jun 05, 2015 | News
Paramount Resources Closes $450 Million Senior Notes Offering
Jun 01, 2015 | News
Wendy’s Closes $2.275 Billion Whole Business Securitization
May 31, 2015 | News
Apollo Affiliated Funds to Acquire Certain OM Group Segments
May 11, 2015 | News
May 06, 2015 | Publications
Apr 28, 2015 | News
Spectrum Brands Agrees to Acquire Armored AutoGroup for $1.4 Billion
Apr 23, 2015 | News
Apr 15, 2015 | News
WME IMG to Acquire Professional Bull Riders Inc.
Apr 01, 2015 | News
Searchlight Capital to Acquire TouchTunes
Mar 30, 2015 | News
Sky Acquires 60 Percent Stake in Jupiter Entertainment
Mar 31, 2015 | News
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Jan 16, 2015 | News
Grupo Salinas Completes $2.5 Billion Sale of Mexican Wireless Provider
Oct 23, 2014 | News
Quantum Strategic Partners Closes Purchase of Outstanding Shares of Atlantica Hotels
Nov 05, 2014 | News
NorthStar to Acquire Ownership Interest in American Healthcare Investors
Nov 11, 2014 | Publications
ISS and Glass Lewis Issue 2015 Proxy Voting Policies
Nov 07, 2014 | News
AT&T to Acquire Mexican Wireless Provider Iusacell for $2.5 billion
Sep 30, 2014 | News
ADP Completes Spin-Off of Automotive Dealer Services Business
Sep 19, 2014 | News
Sep 18, 2014 | News
Spectrum Brands Agrees to Acquire Tell Manufacturing
Sep 17, 2014 | News
Oasis Beverages to Acquire Pabst Brewing Company
Aug 28, 2014 | News
Citibank to Sell Texas-Based Retail Banking Business
Aug 25, 2014 | News
PulteGroup Buys Real Estate Assets of Dominion Homes
May 06, 2014 | News
William Morris Endeavor Closes Acquisition of IMG
Jul 24, 2013
AmLaw Recognizes Paul, Weiss for
“Global M&A Deal of the Year: Canada”
Jun 07, 2013
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