Harry Hudesman focuses his practice on executive compensation and employee benefits issues arising in the context of a wide range of transactions, including high-profile mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and initial public offerings, among others. He regularly advises public and private companies across numerous industries on a broad range of employment, compensatory and benefit matters including the design, negotiation and implementation of employment and separation arrangements, cash-based and equity-based incentive plans, golden parachute excise tax issues and related employment matters.
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Work Highlights
- A Sixth Street-led consortium in its acquisition of GreenSky
- KSL Capital Partners in its $1.4 billion acquisition of Hersha Hospitality Trust
- Apollo in its strategic minority investment in PetSmart and $5 billion acquisition of The Michaels Companies
- KKR in its acquisitions of Teaching Strategies and Neighborly
- Centerbridge in the $868 million acquisition of INDUS Realty Trust
Education
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The George Washington University Law School, 2013 J.D.
Thurgood Marshall Scholar
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University of Massachusetts, 2010 B.S.
Member of Commonwealth Honors College; summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
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California 2022
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New York 2014
Harry Hudesman is a Partner in the Firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Practice. Based in the Palo Alto office, he focuses his practice on executive compensation and employee benefits issues arising in the context of a wide range of transactions, including high-profile mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and initial public offerings, among others. He regularly advises public and private companies on a broad range of employment, compensatory and benefit matters including the design, negotiation and implementation of employment and separation arrangements, cash-based and equity-based incentive plans, golden parachute excise tax issues and related employment matters. His clients span several industries including technology, healthcare, energy and industrials and manufacturing.
Harry’s recent transactions have included advising on compensation and benefits matters for:
- A Sixth Street-led consortium in its acquisition of GreenSky
- KSL Capital Partners in its $1.4 billion acquisition of Hersha Hospitality Trust
- Apollo in its strategic minority investment in PetSmart and $5 billion acquisition of The Michaels Companies
- KKR in its acquisitions of Teaching Strategies and Neighborly
- Centerbridge in the $868 million acquisition of INDUS Realty Trust
- Silver Lake in numerous transactions, including its $1 billion investment in Unity Software and $2 billion investment in the business combination between IonQ and dMY III, among others
- Affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate in the $3.6 billion acquisition of Bluerock Residential Growth REIT
- Blackstone in its $5 billion acquisition of Chamberlain Group
- BlackRock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure team in its take private of GasLog Ltd.
- EQT in the majority investment by EQT Private Equity in Storable, Inc.
Harry received his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, where he was a Thurgood Marshall Scholar and a member of the Moot Court Board. He received his B.S., summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he was a Luther Allen Scholar and a member of Commonwealth Honors College and Phi Beta Kappa.