Employee Benefits M&A

Lawyers in our Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice work on mergers and acquisitions transactions in two different capacities: we serve in conjunction with our corporate group when Haynes and Boone is primary M&A counsel, and we partner with other firms to advise on employee benefits issues when we are not primary M&A counsel. Whatever our role, we take a team approach and work seamlessly with in-house counsel, human resources departments and outside counsel to quickly spot potential employee benefits-related risks, liabilities and problems before closing, thereby helping clients save time, expense and resources. Our group also serves companies that do not have an in-house benefits group as well as private equity firms and their portfolio companies.

We provide day-to-day and comprehensive employee benefit plan support throughout the entire M&A process, including:

  • Due diligence
  • Negotiating purchase agreements, employee transition services agreements and employee matters agreements
  • Merging and spinning off employee benefit plans 
  • Identifying material issues with 401(k) and other retirement and welfare benefit plans, as well as nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements, and recommending solutions
  • Advising on 280G calculations and the documents required to obtain employee waiver and shareholder vote exceptions 
  • Structuring employee benefit plans and advising on transition issues post-closing
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Press Release
Haynes Boone Represents Capitol Services in Partnership with Clearview Capital
May 09, 2023

Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner John McGowan led a team that represented Capitol Services, LLC in securing an investment from Clearview Capital Fund IV, L.P and its affiliates. The transaction closed in April 2023. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Austin, TX, Capitol Services is a tech-enabled provider of outsourced legal and compliance services. Clearview has a proven track record of helping en [...]