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Morgan Lewis
Lauriero

Gina L. Lauriero

Partner

gina.lauriero@morganlewis.com

New York Phone +1.212.309.7103 Fax +1.212.309.6001

101 Park Ave.//New York, NY 10178-0060//United States

Gina L. Lauriero advises clients across the spectrum of employee benefits and executive compensation matters. Her practice encompasses designing, implementing, and administering equity, incentive compensation, nonqualified deferred compensation, employment, and severance plans and agreements for public and private companies. When clients undertake mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions, she offers advice on all employee benefits and compensation-related aspects. Gina’s recent work has included advising a credit ratings agency on its acquisition of a leading provider of analytical tools and data.

Gina also provided counsel to a British communications and events company in its acquisition of the entire issued and outstanding capital stock of a privately held US trade show organizer.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Gina was an associate in the employee benefits and executive compensation practice of a large international law firm. She was also an editor for an international legal publishing company where she wrote and edited employee benefits and executive compensation articles.

Awards and Affiliations

Up and Coming, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, New York, Chambers USA (2022)

Recommended, Labor and employment: Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional, The Legal 500 US (2018, 2019)

Member, Law Firm of the Year, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Chambers USA (2019)

Member, Law Firm of the Year, Employee Benefits (ERISA Law), US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2019)

Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • New York

Education

  • College of the Holy Cross, 2001, B.A., Cum Laude
  • Cornell Law School, 2004, J.D., Cum Laude

Services

  • Labor, Employment & Benefits
  • ERISA Fiduciary Duty
  • Executive Compensation
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Capital Markets & Public Companies

Regions

  • North America

Events

1/11/2023 - 2023 Proxy Season: A Recap of 2022 and Trends to Watch
9/28/2022 - Managing Equity Compensation in a Volatile Stock Market
6/14/2022 - Restrictive Covenants: What is Reasonable to Restrict
2/8/2022 - Planning for the Plans: Executive Compensation and Employee Benefit Plans – 2022
2/2/2022 - 2022 Proxy Season: A Recap of 2021 and Trends to Watch
1/1/2022 - Morgan Lewis Global Public Company Academy
6/10/2021 - Equity Plan Basics
4/28/2021 - Executive Compensation Academy: Back to Basics
3/9/2021 - Planning for the Plans: Executive Compensation and Employee Benefit Plans – 2021
2/24/2021 - 2021 Proxy Season a Recap of 2020 and Trends to Watch
1/21/2020 - Planning for the Plans: Executive Compensation and Employee Benefit Plans in M&A Transactions
5/16/2019 - 2019 ERISA Litigation Roundtable
11/9/2017 - Federal Chapter Meeting Executive Compensation Update
12/8/2016 - Hot Topics in Employee Benefits: What We’re Seeing – December 2016
11/18/2016 - Setting the Scene for 2017: Potential Labor and Employment Changes Under the New Administration
3/25/2015 - Hot Topics in Employee Benefits — What We're Seeing - March 2015
4/30/2014 - Executive Compensation Basics: Anatomy of an Employment Agreement
4/22/2014 - Executive Compensation Tax Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions

News

12/14/2021 - Morgan Lewis Advises Aviation Intelligence Provider Traxxall Technologies in Sale of Company
7/1/2021 - Morgan Lewis Advises Cogeco and Atlantic Broadband in Agreement with WOW
6/23/2017 - Morgan Lewis Elects 31 New Partners
6/17/2016 - Morgan Lewis Advises BASF in $3.2 Billion Acquisition of Chemetall
7/2/2015 - Morgan Lewis Advises Health Net, Inc. in $6.8 Billion Sale to Centene Corporation
6/17/2015 - Morgan Lewis Advises Pearson on $350M Sale of PowerSchool Business
10/27/2014 - Morgan Lewis Represents Moody’s in Acquisition of Leading Analytical Tools Provider
10/1/2014 - Morgan Lewis Represents UBM in $972M Purchase of Advanstar Communications

Publications

8/11/2021 - Issues to Consider When Officers Grant Equity Awards
5/17/2017 - Practical Considerations Relating to Share Withholding for Taxes
8/8/2016 - Section 83(b) Elections No Longer Required with Federal Income Tax Returns
4/30/2014 - Anatomy of an Employment Agreement