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Mergers & Acquisitions,
Labor/Employment,
Corporate

Oct. 22, 2019

Retention bonus program considerations in M&A transactions

If your company or business is the target of a merger or acquisition, ensuring that key employees are retained is a critical component to a successful transaction.

Thomas M. Asmar

Counsel, Executive Compensation and Benefits
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

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If your company or business is the target of a merger or acquisition, ensuring that key employees are retained is a critical component to a successful transaction. Often times companies will put in place a retention bonus program that is designed to incentivize a select group of employees to continue providing services up to, and if desired, for a transition period following the closing of a transaction. A retention bonus program may also serve to mitigate the uncerta...

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