Jarrett R. Hoffman is a partner in Paul, Weiss’ Executive Compensation Group. His practice focuses on the transactional aspects of executive compensation matters in the context of domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, public offerings and restructurings.
Hoffman counsels boards of directors, compensation committees, management teams and individual executives in all aspects of CEO and senior executive employment relationships and transitions from employment, including transaction-specific change in control, retention and severance arrangements. Hoffman regularly counsels companies, private equity funds, hedge funds and family offices with respect to executive compensation issues, obligations and strategies arising under tax, securities and employment laws. In addition, Hoffman advises clients on the design and implementation of equity, incentive and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, programs and agreements.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2027 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2026 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2025 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Corporate Employment Lawyers | 2024 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
| Lawdragon Releases Latest Guide to the Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers in America | 2022 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
| Lawdragon's Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers of America | 2021 | Executive Compensation & Benefits |
Some of Hoffman's noteworthy work includes:
Public M&A
- Bioverativ in its $11.6 billion sale to Sanofi
- The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of CBS in its $40 billion merger with Viacom
- CSRA in its $9.6 billion sale to General Dynamics
- Chevron in its $55 billion acquisition of Hess Corporation
- The Estée Lauder Companies in its $2.8 billion acquisition of Tom Ford
- GE Capital in its sale of PK AirFinance
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
- IBM in its $6.4 billion acquisition of HashiCorp, $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, $4.6 billion acquisition of Apptio and its acquisitions of Datastax, Instana, Neudesic and NS1, its sale of The Weather Company to Francisco Partners and the Sales Performance Management Solutions business and numerous private company acquisitions, global divestitures and outsourcing-related transactions, and Red Hat in its acquisitions of Neural Magic and StackRox
- The Kraft Heinz Company in its $3.2 billion sale of its natural, grated, cultured and specialty cheese businesses to Groupe Lactalis
- MGM in its $8.45 billion sale to Amazon
- Qualcomm in connection with a $142 billion unsolicited offer from Broadcom and its acquisition of Atheros Communications
- Taylor Morrison in its $2.4 billion acquisition of William Lyon Homes
- ZT Systems in its $4.9 billion sale to Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Spin-Offs
- Barnes & Noble in the spin-off of Barnes & Noble Education
- General Electric in the spin-offs of GE Healthcare and GE Vernova and the launch of GE Aerospace
- Honeywell in the spin-off of its turbochargers business, Garrett Motion
- IBM in its spin-off of its managed infrastructure services business into Kyndryl
Take-Private Transactions
- Chico’s FAS in its $1 billion sale to Sycamore Partners
- Enstar Group in its $5.1 billion sale to Sixth Street and other institutional investors
- Envestnet in its $4.5 billion sale to Bain Capital
- Secureworks in its $859 million all-cash take-private sale to Sophos
- QTS Realty Trust in its $10 billion sale to Blackstone funds
Private M&A
- Authentic Brands Group in its acquisition of Sports Illustrated from Meredith Corporation
- Ashton Kutcher in his investment in Soho House & Co., in connection with Soho House’s $2.7 billion take-private transaction
- Crestview in its sale of TenCate Grass
- Davidson Kempner Capital Management in the sale of Olympus Terminals to TPG Rise Climate
- Five Arrows in its investments in Springbrook and KEV Group
- Francisco Partners in its investment in GreenSlate
- General Atlantic and its climate solutions investing venture BeyondNetZero, alongside other investors, in the $295 million investment in o9 Solutions
- Jet Edge in the sale of its private aviation services platform to Vista Global Holding
- Marathon Health in its acquisition of Everside Health
- SOFIE Biosciences in its growth investment by Trilantic North America
- TPG in its acquisition of G&A Partners
- Viking Global Investors in its investment in Rockefeller Capital Management