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.