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June 10 2019
Peter B. Cohen, a member of the Firm, specializes in the areas of employee benefits, executive compensation, employment and fiduciary law. With more than 35 years of practice, Mr. Cohen has had extensive experience in all aspects of employee benefits, including the drafting, implementation, operation and termination of all types of pension and welfare benefit plans; business transactions and reorganizations; fiduciary responsibility; prohibited transactions and exemptions; plan qualification; plan administration, reporting and disclosure and employee communications; regulatory compliance under the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA; IRS and DOL audits; participant claims and litigation; and funding and investment of ERISA plan assets. In the area of executive compensation, Mr. Cohen’s experience spans the full spectrum of executive compensation and benefit planning and implementation, including employment agreements, deferred and equity-based compensation, option plans, supplemental retirement plans, severance arrangements, incentive and performance compensation programs, as well as financing techniques and funding arrangements. Mr. Cohen also regularly counsels employers and employees in connection with discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination claims.
Mr. Cohen received his undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont in 1977, his J.D. from New England School of Law in 1982, and an LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University in 1983. He has previously practiced with the firms of Reid & Priest, Weinstein Smith LLP, White & Case LLP and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.
June 10 2019
Barry I. Grossman, a member of the Firm since its founding in 1992, is a corporate attorney (although he started his career in tax) who specializes in business transactions. Mr. Grossman’s practice focuses on representing emerging growth companies and investment banks in initial public offerings, including SPACs, follow-on public offerings, shelf takedowns, registered direct placements, PIPEs and other private placements (144A, Reg D, Reg A, Reg S, etc.) as well as general securities (including 34 Act filings) and corporate matters. Mr. Grossman’s transactional experience includes public and private financings, structuring sales and acquisitions of companies, mergers and reorganizations, and organizing partnerships. Mr. Grossman also regularly represents public companies regarding their SEC regulatory matters and NYSE or NASDAQ requirements. As a member of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, he has been involved in over 300 public financings representing issuers and underwriters. Along with other members of his Firm, Mr. Grossman has been involved at various stages with over 200 SPACs which have raised more than $3.0 billion, reverse mergers (for domestic and foreign, mainly Chinese, companies) and over one hundred private placements, many into public companies (commonly referred to as “PIPEs”). In connection with public offerings Mr. Grossman has represented issuers and underwriters in initial public offerings, follow on offerings, registered direct offerings, confidentially marketed public offering, at the market offerings and other debt and equity financings. Along with other members of the firm Mr. Grossman has been counsel to numerous companies involved in M&A transactions including more than 30 SPAC M&A assignments.
Mr. Grossman’s clients include SPACs, private equity and VC funds, bio-tech companies, medical device companies, software developers, FINRA registered broker/dealers and other companies involved in the financial sector, companies involved in homeland defense, mining companies, real estate developers, manufacturing companies, and a number of small businesses. The Firm represents over 100 public companies with respect to their ongoing 34 Act reporting responsibilities and general corporate matters and more than 25 investment banks.
Mr. Grossman has represented a broad range of foreign companies including Israeli, Indian and Korean entities with an emphasis on Chinese companies who have listed in the United States. Mr. Grossman has counseled public companies in going dark and/or going private transactions as well as companies preparing for and responding to investigations and litigation resulting from short-selling attacks.
Mr. Grossman has previously been associated with the RTZ Group (which includes Kennecott Copper Corporation and U.S. Borax and Chemical Corporation), an international conglomerate with approximately $8 billion in U.S. assets. He was also previously associated with the New York City law firms of Battle Fowler and Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg, Manley Myerson & Casey. Mr. Grossman was formerly a member of the advisory board of Wardenclyffe (a venture capital and investment firm). Mr. Grossman received a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, magna cum laude, from the State University of New York at Albany and an LL.M. degree in taxation from New York University Law School. He is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and before the United States Tax Court and is a member of the New York State Bar Association. Mr. Grossman is a founding member of the University at Albany Lawyer’s Association.
June 10 2019
Peter J. Guy, of counsel to the Firm, specializes in federal income tax law. Mr. Guy has extensive experience providing federal income tax advice to public and private companies with a particular emphasis on mergers, acquisitions, securities offerings and divestitures. He has advised real estate funds, private equity funds, limited liability companies, partnerships, S corporations and similar entities on tax issues relevant to the formation and operation of such entities. He has experience advising real estate investors and developers on tax issues arising out of the ownership and operation of real estate, including certain tax credit advice. His experience includes advising domestic and international clients regarding cross border tax issues and certain New York state and local tax issues. Mr. Guy also has experience advising clients that have special tax considerations such as real estate investment trusts and tax-exempt entities.
Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Guy was associated with the law firms of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP and Bryan Cave, LLP. Mr. Guy is admitted to practice in the state of New York and is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation. Mr. Guy received his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School where he graduated cum laude and his Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University where he graduated summa cum laude.
June 10 2019
Martin J. Jones, of counsel to the Firm, concentrates his practice on the full range of business tax law. His practice focuses on transactional matters. Mr. Jones regularly advises on federal and state tax issues related to mergers and acquisitions, real estate and partnership transactions, and domestic and cross-border debt and equity investments. He has extensive experience advising clients on the tax consequences of the formation and operation of corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and S corporations. Mr. Jones has represented active businesses, joint ventures and private investment funds in a broad range of tax matters. He has also successfully represented clients in federal and state tax controversies, including audits, appeals and settlements.
Mr. Jones received his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law, his Juris Doctorate degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from Baylor University. He is admitted to practice in the states of New York and Texas and is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation. Mr. Jones has previously practiced with the firms of Pryor Cashman LLP, DLA Piper LLP and Kaye Scholer LLP.
April 26 2021
Quentin Wong, an associate of the Firm, practices in all aspects of corporate and securities law, with a particular focus on securities regulation, public and private offerings, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Wong worked as an associate at a boutique law firm specializing in fund formation law.
Mr. Wong received his Masters of Law from the New York University School of Law in 2017, a Juris Doctor from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2016 and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from New York University in 2013. He is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.