Erin E. DeCecchis

Erin E. DeCecchis’ practice involves representing clients in all aspects of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation law. Erin counsels clients with respect to benefits and compensation issues in corporate transactions, qualified and non-qualified retirement plans and health and welfare plans. In addition, she advises on equity compensation plans, employment agreements and severance arrangements.

• Representation of Sphere Entertainment, a live entertainment and media company, in its acquisition of Advanced Electronic Design, an engineering product development firm.
• Representation of Rheinmetall AG (RHM) in its $950 million acquisition of Loc Performance Products.
• Represented London-based Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), the publisher of the Harry Potter series, in its acquisition of the academic imprints and associated titles of Rowman & Littlefield, its biggest acquisition to date.
• Represented Knorr-Bremse AG in its approximately €630 million acquisition of the North American conventional rail signaling business of Alstom.
• Representation of HPS Investment Partners in a cross-border carve-out acquisition.
• Represented alternative investment firm AURELIUS in the acquisition by its portfolio company, ZIM Aircraft Seating, of HAECO Cabin Solutions from HAECO Group.
• Represented JOST Werke SE in the acquisition of Crenlo do Brasil from Angeles Equity Partners.
• Represented global aircraft inventory solutions provider DASI in the sale of 50% of the outstanding ownership of DASI to Marubeni Corporation, a publicly traded Japanese company that is one of the world’s largest trading and investment. conglomerates, and related joint venture arrangements. The transaction saw minority investor Fortress Investment Group exit its investment in DASI.
• Represented Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc. in the sale of the rights to two drugs to a company newly-formed by certain existing Cyclerion shareholders and venture capital firms in exchange for cash and shares of stock in the new company.
• Represented Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. in connection with the purchase of a controlling interest in, and the subsequent sale of, Tao Group Hospitality, operator of more than 80 branded locations in over 20 markets across four continents, including the Tao, Marquee, Lavo, Avenue, The Stanton Social, Beauty & Essex and Avenue restaurants and nightclubs.
• Represented MSG Sports in connection with the combination of Counter Logic Gaming, of which MSG Sports previously owned a controlling interest, with NRG, a professional gaming and entertainment company. As a result of the transaction, MSG Sports now owns a noncontrolling equity interest in the larger, combined NRG/CLG company.
• Represented Greenbriar Equity Group LLC in connection with the acquisition of automotive aftermarket parts and accessories distributor JEGS High Performance.
• Represented Greenbriar Equity Group in connection with its acquisition of delivery company FragilePAK.
• Represented Grab Holdings Inc., Southeast Asia’s leading super app, in connection with its merger with SPAC Altimeter Growth Corp., a transaction that took Grab public in the largest SPAC merger ever ascribing to Grab a pro-forma equity value of approximately $39.6 billion.
• Represented ANI Pharmaceuticals in connection with its acquisition of generic drugmaker Novitium Pharma.
• Represented global information technology company Wipro Limited in its acquisition of Rational Interaction, a full-service digital customer experience (CX) company.
• Represented Bluestar Alliance and affiliates in connection with the acquisition of Hurley International from Nike.
• Represented Grab, Southeast Asia's leading super app, in securing $706 million from MUFG, Japan's largest bank, and $150 million from Tokyo-based TIS Inc., a provider of network solutions and system integration services, for a total of $856 million. Grab and MUFG will also co-develop next-generation financial products and services.
• Represented Cenveo Inc. in the carve-out sale of its content services business to CJK Group Inc.
• Represented global information technology leader Infosys in its acquisition of Simplus, the global leader of Salesforce quote-to-cash.
• Represented Roberta Lipson, the founder and CEO of United Family Heathcare, in the $1.44 billion sale of the Chinese private hospital operator and healthcare provider to New Frontier Corporation, a Hong Kong based investment vehicle .
• Represented The Pellas Group, a shareholder of BAC Florida Bank, in the sale of the Coral Gables-based bank to Brazil’s Bradesco for $500 million. This transaction, Banco Bradesco's first-ever acquisition in the U.S. market, was named “Financial Services Deal of the Year" in the middle market segment at The Deal Awards 2021 and nominated for “Deal of the Year."