Andrew J. O'Brien

Andrew O’Brien is Counsel in Simpson Thacher’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice. Based in the Firm’s New York office, he has extensive experience in the areas of executive compensation, employee benefits and ERISA. Andrew focuses his practice on advising the Firm’s numerous private equity, hedge fund and leveraged buyout fund clients in connection with compensation and employment matters. Experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes representing:

• The National Football League in its negotiation of Roger Goodell’s contract renewal;
• The management team of Charter Next Generation in its sale to KKR;
• The management team of TripleLift in its sale to Vista Equity Partners;
• The CEO of Centric Brands regarding his employment and equity negotiations with Blackstone; and
• The management team of the Hilb Group in their sale to The Carlyle Group.

Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Andrew advised on executive compensation and employee benefits matters at top law firms and private equity firms, including Blackstone.

Andrew received his J.D. from New York Law School in 2001 where he was Editor of the New York Law School Law Review. He received his B.A. from Georgetown University in 1990. Andrew is admitted to practice in New York.