Gregory Grogan
USA Guide 2024
Band 1 : Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
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About
Provided by Gregory Grogan
Practice Areas
Head of Simpson Thacher’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice specializing in executive retention and motivation in M&A transactions and IPOs with a private equity focus. Significant engagements include 150+ Blackstone acquisitions, divestitures and IPOs (Hilton, Bumble, Ancestry, Refinitiv, SeaWorld, Vivint, Invitation Homes, Equity Office, Motel 6); LBOs of PetSmart, ADT and Nortek; and multiple transactions for AIG, Centerbridge, Cisco, Mars, Microsoft (Activision Blizzard, LinkedIn, Skype, GitHub, ZeniMax, Nuance), New Mountain, Silver Lake Partners, SiriusXM, PPL and Johnson Controls/Tyco, as well as the Board of Directors of Twitter, Inc. in its sale to Elon Musk. Greg regularly advises boards regarding C-level succession matters. Experienced in PBGC negotiations.
Career
Joined Firm, 2000; Partner 2007.
Personal
B.A., California State University, Northridge, 1995; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1998.
Chambers Review
USA
Head of the firm's executive compensation and employee benefits group Gregory Grogan is noted for his work in the employee benefits and executive compensation area. He is especially active in the technology space.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is able to adapt to our way of thinking, giving us everything we need as a business."
"He is able to adapt to our way of thinking, giving us everything we need as a business."