Labor & Employment: Transactional | USA

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. The team provides advice on restrictive covenants and executive employment and compensation agreements as well as departures. It also houses additional expertise representing employers in high-stakes litigation, arbitration and mediation.

Akin houses a go-to labor and employment practice with notable expertise advising clients on employment issues arising out of bankruptcies. The team is adept at handling contentious labor and employment mandates as well as advising on transactional concerns. It also frequently assists employers with employment training and compliance and is particularly active on behalf of clients in the financial services sector.

Jones Day has a highly rated team that offers expertise in traditional labor matters and employment litigation. It exhibits strength in a number of areas, including employment discrimination and retaliation litigation, wage and hour class actions and NLRB matters. It is also experienced in collective bargaining negotiations, as well as internal investigations involving allegations of sexual harassment. The team benefits from the impressive strength of the firm's national labor and employment practice.

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. It offers additional expertise in employee benefits and ERISA class actions. The team also represents employers in the insurance, retail and pharmaceutical sectors, among others.