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Patricia Adams
Patricia Adams
Partner — Executive Compensation & Benefits
E: padams@velaw.com T: +1.212.237.0023
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Partner — Executive Compensation & Benefits

Patricia Adams

Patricia Adams
New York
T: +1.212.237.0023
F: +1.917.210.4341

The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036

E: padams@velaw.com
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Patricia Adams

Patricia is a member of the firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits practice. She advises clients on a wide range of compensation and employee benefits arrangements, particularly with regard to issues arising from mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and initial public offerings. She provides advice regarding employment agreements, separation agreements, equity compensation programs, cash compensation programs, deferred compensation, retirement plans, and the tax aspects of compensation arrangements.

Patricia represents private equity investors and their portfolio companies as well as public companies across many industries including healthcare, technology, infrastructure, and business and professional services. Her practice also encompasses counseling clients in day-to-day executive compensation and benefits matters and related corporate governance matters.

Experience Highlights

  • Microsoft in its acquisitions of Nuance, ZeniMax Media and GitHub

  • Blackstone in its acquisitions of Clarus, Harvest Funds, DCI, Tradesmen, and TaskUs

  • EQT Partners in its acquisitions of Aldevron, Certara, Clinical Innovations and Waystar

  • KKR in its acquisitions of PetVet Care Centers, Heartland Dental, PharMerica Corporation, Gardner Denver

  • Apax in its acquisitions of Cadence Education, Vyaire Medical, Candela Corporation and Tosca Services

Credentials

  • Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2011
  • University of Notre Dame, M.S., Accountancy, 2006
  • University of Notre Dame, B.B.A., Accounting, 2005
  • Legal 500 U.S., Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation & Retirement Plans: Transactional, 2023 and 2024
  • New York

News & Insights

Insight
Executive Compensation Under the New Administration

Published by Corporate Compliance Insights, January 17, 2025

Outlook on the New Administration
January 8, 2025
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