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Andrew E. Graw heads the firm's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group. Mr. Graw has more than 20 years of experience in executive compensation, employee benefits and employment and labor law. Mr. Graw was featured in the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and in the 2005, 2008 and 2009 issues of New Jersey Super Lawyers in the Employee Benefits/ERISA section of the publication. Additionally, Mr. Graw is listed in the 2008 and 2009 editions of The Best Lawyers in America.
Mr. Graw concentrates his practice in the development and administration of:
- ESOPs and other equity participation plans
- Deferred compensation arrangements
- Employment agreements
- Tax-qualified pension and profit sharing plans
- Welfare benefit plans
- Early retirement programs
He represents a wide variety of clients, from executives and medium-sized companies to Fortune 500 companies and multinational corporations.
Mr. Graw is a member of the firm's Closely Held Business, Employment Law and Investment Management Practice Groups, as well as the Tech Group.
His experience also includes:
- Counseling clients in connection with merger and acquisition transactions
- Representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
- Counseling clients with respect to employment practices and policies, including independent contractor and discrimination issues
Previously, Mr. Graw headed the executive compensation and employee benefits departments of two nationally recognized law firms.
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COBRA Premium Subsidy Extended
Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Client Alert, December 22, 2009
Andrew Graw,
Richard Plumpton
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Stimulus Law Provides Temporary Help for Terminated Employees to Purchase COBRA Coverage: Swift Compliance Action Required by Employers
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Alert, February 24, 2009
Andrew Graw,
Richard Plumpton
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New Law Curtails Common Deferral Practices of Offshore Funds
Business Tax Counseling & Structuring Alert, October 2008
Michael Gooen,
Andrew Graw,
Brian Silikovitz,
Richard Horne
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Lowenstein Sandler is highlighted for serving as primary legal advisor to ID Systems Inc. in its acquisition of Asset Intelligence LLC. The Lowenstein Sandler team consisted of Steven E. Siesser, Marissa L. Morelle, Kylie Cooper, Mark P. Kesslen, Lisa K. Schroeder, Andrew E. Graw and Richard J. Horne.,
Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, February 1, 2010
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Peter Ehrenberg and Andrew Graw highlighted for their representation of French software maker Cegedim in its $647 million purchase of Dendrite International.,
New Jersey Law Journal, January 14, 2008
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Pace University School of Law
(J.D., 1983)
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State University of New York at Oneonta
(B.S., 1980)
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New York
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New Jersey
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- Member, the ESOP Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Member, the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals
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