Gregory Grogan

Gregory Grogan is Head of Simpson Thacher’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice, specializing in executive retention and motivation in M&A transactions and IPOs with a private equity focus. Significant engagements include 150+ Blackstone acquisitions, divestitures and IPOs (Hilton, Bumble, Ancestry, Refinitiv, SeaWorld, Vivint, Invitation Homes, Equity Office, Motel 6, Jersey Mike’s); LBOs of PetSmart, ADT and Nortek; and multiple transactions for AIG, Centerbridge, Cisco, Mars, Microsoft (Activision Blizzard, LinkedIn, Skype, GitHub, ZeniMax, Nuance), New Mountain, Silver Lake Partners, SiriusXM, PPL and Johnson Controls/Tyco, as well as the Board of Directors of Twitter, Inc. in its sale to Elon Musk. Greg regularly advises boards regarding C-level succession matters and is experienced in PBGC negotiations. · Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

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Gregory Grogan is the Head of Simpson Thacher's Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice. He specializes in executive retention and motivation in M&A transactions and IPOs, with a private equity focus, and has significant experience advising boards and handling PBGC negotiations.

Practice areas

Executive CompensationEmployee BenefitsMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityLabor and Employment

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United States

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP · Gregory Grogan is Head of Simpson Thacher’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice, specializing in executive retention and motivation in M&A transactions and IPOs with a private equity focus. Significant engagements include 150+ Blackstone acquisitions, divestitures and IPOs (Hilton, Bumble, Ancestry, Refinitiv, SeaWorld, Vivint, Invitation Homes, Equity Office, Motel 6, Jersey Mike’s); LBOs of PetSmart, ADT and Nortek; and multiple transactions for AIG, Centerbridge, Cisco, Mars, Microsoft (Activision Blizzard, LinkedIn, Skype, GitHub, ZeniMax, Nuance), New Mountain, Silver Lake Partners, SiriusXM, PPL and Johnson Controls/Tyco, as well as the Board of Directors of Twitter, Inc. in its sale to Elon Musk. Greg regularly advises boards regarding C-level succession matters and is experienced in PBGC negotiations.

United States

Expertise

Private EquityMergers and AcquisitionsExecutive CompensationEmployee BenefitsInitial Public OfferingsBoard Advisory

Education

BA, California State University, Northridge, 1995
JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1998