劳动与就业

Employers must react quickly to shifts, both seismic and subtle, in the workplace. Clients turn to our experienced and knowledgeable employment attorneys for the right advice and solutions for these challenging times.


Experience

Our clients benefit from our diverse experience and recognized skill in employment matters. Notable successes across the spectrum of our employment practice include:

  • Secured complete dismissal with prejudice of putative class action in Delaware bankruptcy court alleging unpaid overtime at transportation industry portfolio company, on behalf of prominent private equity fund.
  • Defended a private equity sponsor against class action joint-employer liability claims relating to alleged WARN Act violations at medical testing portfolio company.
  • Successfully defended a healthcare system in an arbitration involving non-compete covenants. Two physicians threatened to leave their employment to found a practice in the same small community, affiliating themselves with one of the healthcare system’s largest competitors, in violation of a non-compete covenant in the physicians’ employment agreements with the healthcare system.
  • Representing a leading private equity firm, together with its Executive Chairmen, President & CEO, and affiliated entities, in a confidential arbitration brought by a former managing director, who seeks $90 million+ in damages in connection with his termination from the company. The arbitration brings a wide range of claims, including federal and state securities fraud; common law claims sounding in fraud, contract, and quasi-contract; and a declaratory judgment claim seeking to invalidate the contractual provision requiring the former MD to sign a separation agreement to retain his Fund carried interest.
  • Advised Golden Gate Capital as part of a deal team in the acquisition of Bob Evans Restaurants, the operator of family restaurants in 18 states, primarily in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the United States.
  • Counselled Bain Capital as part of a deal team in the strategic investment in Navicure, a provider of cloud-based claims management and patient payment solutions for physician practices and hospitals.
  • Represented TPG as part of a deal team in the acquisition of a majority stake in Cirque du Soleil, the world-renowned live artistic entertainment producer.