Labor & Employment: Transactional | USA

Jones Day has a highly rated team that offers expertise in traditional labor matters and employment litigation. Exhibits strength in a number of areas, including employment discrimination and retaliation litigation, wage and hour class actions and NLRB matters. Noted strength in collective bargaining negotiations and also increasingly handling internal investigations involving allegations of sexual harassment. Benefits from the impressive strength of the firm's national labor and employment practice.

Kirkland & Ellis has a strong track record of handling the labor and employment aspects of M&A transactions. The firm assists clients with employment contract negotiation, regulatory compliance and HR policy development. It is also experienced in navigating layoffs and reductions in force.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP has a highly praised group strongly associated with the representation of major financial institutions in employment law disputes, such as discrimination claims, wage and hour class actions and whistleblower litigation. Additional areas of strength include advising on the employment law aspects of corporate transactions and restructurings. Offers additional expertise in employee benefits and ERISA class actions. Also represents employers in the insurance, retail and pharmaceutical sectors, among others.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is a renowned corporate powerhouse with notable expertise counseling clients on labor and employment matters related to M&A transactions and bankruptcies. Provides advice on restrictive covenants and executive employment and compensation agreements as well as departures. Houses additional expertise representing employers in high-stakes litigation, arbitration and mediation.