Melissa Grim is the leader of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group at Honigman LLP. After spending most of her legal career at Kirkland & Ellis LLP advising private equity funds and other acquisitive companies with respect to the employee benefits aspects of all types of corporate transactions, a significant portion of Melissa’s practice now focuses on: counseling private equity funds and other public and private companies on the various legal compliance issues to be addressed their post-closing integration and value creation plans; developing acquisition “playbooks” for companies to drive efficiency and mitigate risk in add-on and tuck-in transactions; and advising clients on designing consistent and compliant policies and procedures, as well as benefit and compensation plans and programs, that incentivize performance and incorporate best practices, industry trends, changes in the legal landscape, and the client’s goals and strategic initiatives.

Melissa also has extensive experience helping clients navigate the myriad of legal issues that arise in human capital and people operations aspects of the post-deal transition and integration phase. She partners with her clients and their other advisors (including insurance brokers, accountants, benefits and executive compensation consultants, in-house attorneys and other local or outside counsel, and talent and performance consultants) to avoid the duplication of efforts and to promote cost efficiency.