Brian has particular expertise advising global employers on employment laws, compensation and employee benefits issues, and acting on domestic and cross-border transactions.

Brian is valued by clients for his ability to advise clearly on complex matters, and is published regularly on employment and benefit matters. Brian has wide experience of all employment and benefit aspects of corporate transactions, including M&As, LBOs, spin-offs and IPOs. He advises public and private companies and private equity firms on the design and implementation of their annual and long-term incentive compensation plans, hiring and reduction of workforce, employment and separation agreements, restrictive covenants, equity incentive compensation arrangements, severance and retention arrangements, taxation, ERISA, securities and regulatory laws. Brian has also advised senior executives and management teams in relation to their employment arrangements. He advises private equity funds on executive compensation and ERISA issues in transactions. Brian also advises on ERISA issues in credit agreements, transactions and plan asset issues in venture capital arrangements.

Brian was individually ranked by Chambers USA as one of the leading lawyers in Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, and his work with global clients has been noted in Legal 500. Brian is also a member of the A&O Shearman Global Wellbeing Advisory Board, the U.S. Recruitment Committee and the firm’s LGBT diversity committee.