Max focuses on a wide variety of matters relating to executive compensation and employee benefits, including the employee issues implicated in the mergers and acquisitions context.
He advises companies regarding equity-based incentives, employment arrangements, disclosure, corporate governance, and securities and tax law compliance.

Experience

Representative matters

Sears Hometown's special committee in the acquisition of Sears Hometown's Outlet business by Liberty Tax, Inc.

Oryx Southern Delaware Holdings LLC and Oryx Delaware Holdings LLC in connection with the sale of substantially all of its assets to funds managed by Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners.

American Mortgage Consultants (AMC), a portfolio company of Stone Point Capital, in connection with its acquisition of MBMS Inc.

Ardagh Group S.A. in connection with the combination of its Food & Specialty Metal Packaging business with Element Holdings II L.P., an entity controlled by The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, to form Trivium Packaging.

The Dow Chemical Company in its $130 billion transaction with DuPont involving combination of the two companies and separating them into three publicly trading entities and the resulting $50 billion spin-off of Dow Inc.

 

 

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-Law, New York

Academic

University of Arizona College of Law J.D., summa cum laude

Princeton University A.B.

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.