Employment Law

Mergers, Acquisition, Restructuring & Downsizing

There are many labor, employment and employee benefits law issues that arise in mergers, acquisitions, and downsizing. Buelow Vetter attorneys advise both buyers and sellers on issues such as reductions in force, downsizing, severance packages, multi-employer pension plan withdrawal liability, health plan and other benefit plan termination issues, hiring, union bargaining and representation rights, and decision and effects bargaining.

Our attorneys also advise employers who are engaged in downsizing their operations—on matters such as compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”) and similar state statutes, severance pay, COBRA issues, avoidance of discrimination claims, and compliance with the Older Workers Benefits Protection Act.