Meredith O’Leary is a partner in King & Spalding’s Corporate, Finance and Investment practice. She specializes in executive compensation and employee benefits issues in corporate transactions, including executive, change in control, equity and equity-based, performance-based and non-qualified compensation arrangements, as well as tax-qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans and fringe benefits.  Meredith regularly advises both public and private clients on employment, compensation and benefits issues that arise in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations and other business transactions, including with respect to securities and tax law.

Meredith advises clients on issues such as executive compensation proxy disclosures, 280G golden parachute payments, annual and long-term incentive programs, employment and consulting agreements, change in control agreements, and retention and severance arrangements.  She also advises on additional aspects of employment and tax law, including withholding issues, COBRA, HIPAA, PPACA, hiring practices, leave policies and practices, employment termination, personnel policies and fiduciary matters.

Her clients include financial institutions, private equity funds, hedge funds, pension funds, energy companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, agribusinesses, airlines, defense contractors and telecommunications entities.

Back to Page