Adam Kaminsky
Focuses on executive compensation aspects of private equity matters, including advising on compensation related to PE transactions and for portfolio companies.
Adam’s executive compensation practice focuses principally on private equity matters, including advising on the executive compensation aspects of private equity transactions and on compensation matters for portfolio companies.
Adam has extensive experience advising on the executive compensation and ERISA aspects of a wide range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and spinoffs. He also advises public and private companies on the design, implementation and administration of equity and cash compensation arrangements; the negotiation of executive employment agreements, severance and change in control arrangements; and related corporate governance and disclosure matters.
He has negotiated individual compensation packages for executives of large publicly traded companies, as well as for executives of portfolio companies with private equity sponsors.
Experience
Private Equity
- TPG on various transactions, including:
- acquisitions of Conservice, Forcepoint G2CI and Sabre’s Hospitality Solutions business unit
- going-private acquisitions of New Relic with Francisco Partners, and AvidXchange with Corpay
- Goldman Sachs’ $9.5 billion sale of Boyd Thermal and related business separations
- Bansk Group’s $1.5 billion going-private acquisition of PetIQ
- Lightyear Capital on various transactions, including:
- sales of Datalot and Therapy Brands
- strategic investments in Corestream, Inszone Insurance, King Risk Partners, Prime Pensions, ProfitSolv and Prosperity Partners
- BDT & MSD Partners, Cerberus Capital Management, Crestview Partners, GHK Capital Partners, GrowthCurve Capital, One Equity Partners, STG Partners, Tailwind Capital and TruArc Partners on various transactions
Strategic M&A
- Penumbra’s $14.5 billion sale to Boston Scientific
- Truist’s:
- $15.5 billion sale of remaining stake in Truist Insurance to an investor group
- $2 billion acquisition of Service Finance
- Clarivate’s $6.8 billion combination with CPA Global
- Roper Technologies’ $5.35 billion acquisition of Vertafore
- UBS’s $3.2 billion acquisition of Credit Suisse
- MoneyLion’s
- $2.4 billion combination with a SPAC
- $1 billion sale to Gen Digital
- Leidos’ $2.4 billion acquisition of ENTRUST Solutions Group
- HNI’s $2.2 billion acquisition of Steelcase
- Cheney Brothers’ $2.1 billion sale to Performance Food Group
- McKesson’s sale of minority stake in Medical-Surgical Solutions to Apollo
Capital Markets
- IPOs for issuers, including Agi, Amwell, Auna, Circle, dLocal, GH Research, Klarna, Nubank, On Running, Slide, Vasta Platform, Xponential Fitness, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and various SPACs
- IPOs for underwriters, including Chime, Reddit, Robinhood and SpaceX
- Securities-related advice to Crowdstrike, EOS Energy, Humana, McKesson, Mirion Technologies, Payoneer, Quinstreet, Strive Enterprises and Ultra Clean Holdings
Sports
- Mark Walter’s acquisition of a majority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers
- Josh Harris and partners’ acquisition of the Washington Commanders
- Seidler family’s sale of the San Diego Padres to an ownership group led by José Feliciano and Kwanza Jones
- Sterling Equities’ sale of the New York Mets to Steven Cohen
- Knighthead Capital and 885 Capital’s strategic capital raise for the Professional Fighters League
- HBSE on various matters
Insights
Recognition
Chambers USA – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, District of Columbia
Legal 500 U.S. – Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional
Law360 – Benefits Editorial Advisory Board, 2021
Education
Clerkships
Prior experience
- Partner, Fried Frank, 2016-2019
- Associate, Fried Frank, 2014-2016
- Associate, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 2010-2013
- Associate, Shearman & Sterling, 2006-2010
Qualifications and admissions
- District of Columbia
- State of New York