Amy Pocino Kelly

Email: akelly@morganlewis.com

Philadelphia
1701 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
Phone: 215.963.5042
Fax: 215.963.5001

practice accolades

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Listed, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Nationally) in Chambers USA (2012)

Listed, Labor and Employment: Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation in The U.S. Legal 500 (2012)

education

Rutgers University School of Law, 1999, J.D.

Boston University, 1996, B.A.

Publications

Date	Title	Publication
04/17/1304/17/13	New Opinion and Advisory Program for Pre-Approved 403(b) Plans View LawFlash	Employee Benefits LawFlash
04/01/1304/01/13	Expanded Guidance from IRS on 403(b) Plans View LawFlash	Employee Benefits LawFlash
05/24/1205/24/12	Managing 409A Issues in Change-of-Control Transactions View Presentation	Webinar
02/14/1202/14/12	The Hidden Employee Benefit Liabilities of Private Equity Investments View Presentation	Webinar
06/23/1106/23/11	Change in Control (Webinar Series) View Presentation	Webinar
05/05/1005/05/10	Roth 401(k) Contributions, Safe Harbor 401(k) Plans, and Automatic Enrollment Webinar View Presentation	Webinar
10/01/09October 2009	Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance Standards for TARP Recipients, Journal of Taxation View Article	Article
05/13/0905/13/09	Adjusting to the Brave New World of 403(b) for Plan Sponsors View Presentation	Webinar
02/04/0902/04/09	Dealing With Underwater Options: Option Repricings, Option Exchanges, Option Buy-Outs Webinar View Presentation	Webinar
10/01/07Fall 2007	Highlights Of The Final 409A Regulations, PEBA News, p. 4-5 View Article	Article
05/15/0705/15/07	Final 409A Guidance Regarding Deferred Compensation Plan Requirements: Overview of Final Section 409A Guidance View Presentation	Webinar
06/01/06Summer 2006	SEC Requires More Disclosure on Executive Pay, PEBA News, p. 3-4 View Article	Article
02/17/0502/17/05	Deferred Compensation Issues: Election Timing, Distribution Events and Severance View Slides	Webinar

Date	Title	Description
Apr 16, 2012	Morgan Lewis Advises Fanatics on Acquisition of Dreams for $183M	Morgan Lewis represented Fanatics in its definitive merger agreement with Dreams, Inc.
Oct 03, 2011	Morgan Lewis Advises ARAMARK on Sale of its Galls Business to CI Capital Partners	Morgan Lewis advised ARAMARK on its sale of Galls, LLC to CI Capital Partners, a North American private investment firm.
Jul 15, 2011	Morgan Lewis Serves as Co-Counsel to BHP Billiton on $12.1 Billion Acquisition of Petrohawk	Morgan Lewis served as co-counsel to BHP Billiton on a definitive agreement for BHP Billiton to acquire Petrohawk for $38.75 per share, representing a total equity value of approximately $12.1 billion and a total enterprise value of approximately $15.1 billion.
Jun 20, 2011	Morgan Lewis Advises Susquehanna on Acquisition of Tower	Morgan Lewis advised Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. on the signing of a definitive agreement whereby Susquehanna will acquire all outstanding shares of Tower common stock in a stock and cash transaction.
Mar 28, 2011	Morgan Lewis Advises GSI Commerce on $2.4 Billion Acquisition by eBay	Morgan Lewis served as legal advisor to GSI Commerce on its acquisition by eBay for $2.4 billion.
Feb 09, 2011	Morgan Lewis Advises GSI in $277M Acquisition of Fanatics	GSI Commerce Inc. (GSI) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fanatics, Inc., an online retailer of licensed sports merchandise.
Jan 27, 2011	Morgan Lewis Advises Susquehanna Bancshares on Acquisition of Abington Bancorp	Morgan Lewis advised Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. on its merger agreement with Abington Bancorp, Inc. Susquehanna will acquire all outstanding shares of Abington's common stock in a stock-for-stock transaction, totaling approximately $273 million.
Nov 09, 2010	Morgan Lewis Advises Grupo Bimbo on Acquisition of Sara Lee	Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V. ("Grupo Bimbo") announced that it will purchase Sara Lee Corporation's North American Fresh Bakery business for $959 million.
Oct 28, 2010	Morgan Lewis Advises BMP Sunstone on Acquisition by Sanofi-Aventis	BMP Sunstone and sanofi-aventis announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement where sanofi-aventis will acquire all outstanding shares of BMP Sunstone at $10 per share, or approximately $520.6 million.

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