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Maria Kenny

Partner

New York

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Maria focuses on counseling public and private companies, private equity clients, and management teams on a variety of employee benefits and executive compensation matters.

Maria has experience advising clients on various employment and executive compensation issues, including internal policy reviews, structuring incentive equity and non-equity incentives, employee benefits guidance, and ERISA compliance.

She serves as corporate counsel advising on the employment, labor, compensation, and employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions and securities transactions, advising on all stages of a transaction lifecycle that impact management and employees. Maria also assists clients with executive employment agreements, severance agreements and plans, equity and compensation arrangements, non-qualified retirement plans, and welfare benefit plans.

 

Recent Experience

Court Square Capital Partners in its Definitive Agreement to Sell Advanced Diabetes Supply Group for US$1.1B
Precision Aviation Group in its Acquisitions of ICON Aerospace and TAG Aero
GenNx360 Capital Partners in the Sale of Miller Environmental Group
The Vistria Group's Strategic Investment in Soliant Health
Winston Represented Hayward Holdings in its Acquisition of ChlorKing
Winston Represented Charles Thayne Capital in its Acquisition of Bluescape
Winston Represented Rowman & Littlefield in the US$83M Sale of its Academic Book Publishing Business to Bloomsbury Publishing
Stellex Capital Management's Acquisition of The James Skinner
Winston Represented S&S Automotive in its Sale to Lawson Products
Represented Post Capital Partners in its Acquisition of RKON
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  • The Legal 500 U.S. “Next Generation Partner,” Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation And Retirement Plans: Transactional (2023–2024)
  • The Legal 500 U.S. “Rising Star” (2020-2022)
  • Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch® in America, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2021–2025)
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, Corporate Law (2023–2025)
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, Labor and Employment Law - Employee (2024–2025)

Over 20 years of volunteering and fundraising with the Westchester County Long Island Sound Chapter of Swim Across America, a national non-profit supporting local cancer research and support services in local communities.

Capabilities

Labor & Employment
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Transactions

Recent Experience

Court Square Capital Partners in its Definitive Agreement to Sell Advanced Diabetes Supply Group for US$1.1B
Precision Aviation Group in its Acquisitions of ICON Aerospace and TAG Aero
GenNx360 Capital Partners in the Sale of Miller Environmental Group
The Vistria Group's Strategic Investment in Soliant Health
Winston Represented Hayward Holdings in its Acquisition of ChlorKing
Winston Represented Charles Thayne Capital in its Acquisition of Bluescape
Winston Represented Rowman & Littlefield in the US$83M Sale of its Academic Book Publishing Business to Bloomsbury Publishing
Stellex Capital Management's Acquisition of The James Skinner
Winston Represented S&S Automotive in its Sale to Lawson Products
Represented Post Capital Partners in its Acquisition of RKON
View All Related Matters

Credentials

Education

Maria received her B.A., cum laude, in Public Communication from American University in 2011, and she received her J.D., cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law in 2014.

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    Capabilities

    Labor & Employment
    Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Private Equity
    Transactions
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