Management Team Representation

Wiggin and Dana’s Management Team Representation Practice represents individual executives and management teams in connection with complex corporate and M&A matters, both nationally and internationally. In a typical M&A transaction, the interests of the executives and management team can significantly diverge from the other parties to the transaction making it essential to retain independent counsel, separate from buyer or seller. We handle all aspects of the individual executive’s and/or management team’s needs during an M&A transaction, assisting with structuring and negotiating rollover equity arrangements, shareholders agreements and operating agreements, incentive compensation plans, continuing employment agreements, golden parachute tax issues, and other matters for which executives and management teams need individual representation. We provide exceptional value to our clients, thanks to the deep experience and practical approach of our team, who are accomplished M&A, executive compensation, labor and employment, and tax lawyers.

Our team is experienced in representing executives and management teams of public companies, closely-held businesses, portfolio companies of private equity funds and family offices. We handle matters across industries and, as M&A attorneys ourselves, work seamlessly with buyers and sellers and their respective counsel. Executives and management teams know we can be trusted to advocate for their interests effectively and pragmatically. Buyers and sellers and their counsel know we can be trusted to move quickly and keep the deal on track.

Recent Representative Transactions

• Representing the two founders of a technology and software company in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operation space in connection with its sale to a Boston-based private equity group
• Representing the founder and CEO, as well as a significant portion of the management team, of a security services company in connection with its sale to a Texas-based private equity group
• Representing the founders of an India-based IT & Services firm in connection with its strategic partnership with a New York-based private equity group
• Represented the CEO and COO of Dana Safety Supply, Inc., a provider and upfitter of public safety lighting and tactical equipment, in connection with its sale to AEA Investors, a private equity firm