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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 has been featured in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business since 2006 and in the 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010 issues of Super Lawyers in the Employee Benefits/ERISA section of the publication. Additionally, Mr. Graw is listed in the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 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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Andrew Graw comments on employees' rights regarding unvested stock options when they terminate employment other than "for cause.",
CFO.com, July 1, 2010
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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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