Eric H.Mosier

Practice Leader Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

New York + 1.212.326.3657

Eric Mosier has more than 20 years of experience advising public and private companies on all aspects of the design and operation of their executive compensation and employee benefit programs. He regularly advises clients regarding the employee benefits aspects of corporate acquisitions, dispositions, and mergers. In particular, Eric has extensive experience advising private equity funds with leveraged buyout transactions and assisting the funds with the implementation of equity incentive arrangements and employee benefit plans and programs following the closing of those transactions. Eric also assists clients with drafting and negotiating employment, severance, and change of control agreements. He co-chairs the Firm's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice.

Eric has worked on hundreds of completed transactions. Some of the recent transactions on which he has advised clients include ABM Industries' $1.25 billion acquisition of GCA Services Group; TDK Corporation's $1.3 billion acquisition of InvenSense; the $2.1 billion acquisition of PetroLogistics, LP by Flint Hills Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of Koch Industries; the $1.5 billion sale of RTI International Metals to Alcoa; and The Riverside Company's sale of a non-voting minority stake to Parkwood LLC.

Throughout his career, Eric has engaged in various pro bono activities. Most recently, he has done pro bono work for the Grant Park Orchestral Association, the Public Interest Law Initiative, and a national Vietnam veterans' organization.

Experience

  • Riverside portfolio company acquires Mold MedicsJones Day represented The Riverside Company in connection with the acquisition and financing by portfolio company Threshold Brands of Mold Medics, a provider of residential and commercial mold remediation and air duct cleaning services in Pennsylvania.
  • High Road Capital portfolio company acquires DevLinks, LtdJones Day advised High Road Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition and financing by portfolio company John Henry Foster Minnesota, Inc. of DevLinks, Ltd, a leading systems integrator providing full-service automation solutions to include design, integration, and installation with emphasis on the plastics industry.
  • Swander Pace Capital portfolio company acquires First Place FoodsJones Day advised Swander Pace Capital in the acquisition by its portfolio company Patriot Pickle of First Place Foods, a producer of fresh pickles, fermented pickles, relish, and other pickled vegetables primarily for the foodservice and institutional channels.
  • Sky Island Capital acquires Kaufhold's KurdsJones Day represented Sky Island Capital in the acquisition and financing of Kaufhold's Kurd's, Inc., a wholesale food manufacturer that primarily sells direct to food service distributors across the United States.
  • Stellex completes buyout of David Brown Santasalo GroupJones Day advised Stellex Capital Management LLC on its buyout of DB Santasalo S.à r.l from N4 Partners.
  • EagleTree Capital acquires PRA EventsJones Day represented EagleTree Capital in connection with its acquisition of PRA Events, Inc., a leading business event management firm, from CI Capital Partners.
  • Riverside portfolio company acquires Primary IntelligenceJones Day represented The Riverside Company in connection with the acquisition by portfolio company Corporate Visions of Primary Intelligence, a provider of SaaS-based win-loss analysis solutions for B2B companies.
  • Riverside portfolio company acquires EduthingsJones Day represented The Riverside Company in connection with the acquisition by portfolio company iCEV of Eduthings, a software solutions provider for Career and Technical Education (CTE) administrators, teachers, and students to track outcomes and monitor overall program effectiveness.
  • Riverside portfolio company acquires Human Element Solutions, LLC ("Element H")Jones Day represented The Riverside Company in connection with the acquisition and financing by portfolio company Red Nucleus of Human Element Solutions, LLC (Element H), a leading content engagement provider of meetings, events, creative communications, training, and production services for biotech and pharmaceutical teams with extensive experience supporting oncology, rare disease, and specialty therapeutic areas.
  • Meridian Bioscience agrees to be acquired by SD Biosensor and SJL Partners in $1.53 billion all-cash transactionJones Day advised Meridian Bioscience, Inc. in its $1.53 billion all-cash acquisition by SD Biosensor and SJL Partners.
  • J.F. Lehman & Company backed NorthStar Group acquires Trans Ash Inc.Jones Day advised NorthStar Group, a portfolio company of J.F. Lehman & Company, in the acquisition and financing of Trans Ash Inc., a leading provider of coal ash (or coal combustion residuals) services to utilities customers across North America.
  • Cortec Group sells Harmar and 101 Mobility to The Halifax GroupJones Day advised Cortec Group in the sale of its Harmar/101 Mobility platform to an affiliate of the Halifax Group.
  • Riverside portfolio company acquires Oval Room GroupJones Day represented The Riverside Company in connection with the acquisition by portfolio company Buildout of Oval Room Group, a national commercial real estate visual media solutions company.
  • Riverside sells SureWerxJones Day advised The Riverside Company in the sale of SureWerx, a leading North American provider of personal protective equipment, safety gear, and tool solutions, to Partners Group.
  • Café Valley acquires Freed’s BakeryJones Day advised Swander Pace Capital in the acquisition and financing by portfolio company Café Valley of certain assets of WB Frozen US, LLC d/b/a Freed's Bakery.
  • High Road Capital portfolio company acquires Accu Tech USAJones Day advised High Road Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition and financing by portfolio company John Henry Foster Minnesota, Inc. of Accu Tech USA, known nationally for delivering customizable automation and motion control products, and providing engineering support including application design, selection of products, and project implementation.
  • Riverside invests in AlphaGroup Medical CommunicationsJones Day advised The Riverside Company in the acquisition and financing by portfolio company Red Nucleus of Alpha Group Medical Communications LLC, a medical communication agency renowned for delivering industry-best scientific, medical affairs and outcomes communications services.
  • York Space Systems sells majority stake to AE Industrial PartnersJones Day represented management team and certain indirect shareholders of York Space Systems, an independent provider of small satellites, satellite components and turnkey mission operations to both government and commercial customers, in connection with the sale of a majority stake to an investor group led by AE Industrial Partners, LP and BlackRock Private Equity.
  • EagleTree backed company Arc acquires HR Technology and Education Technology portfolios from LRP Media GroupJones Day advised EagleTree Capital in the acquisition and financing by Arc of a portfolio of event and related media assets serving the HR Technology and Education Technology sectors from LRP Media Group.
  • Centre Lane Partners acquires personalization business of Kibo Software, Inc.Jones Day advised Centre Lane Partners, LLC in the acquisition and financing of the personalization business of Kibo Software, Inc., a market leader in modern, omnichannel commerce and a platform company of Vista Equity Partners.
  • Speaking Engagements

    • September 24-25, 2019
      Compensation Design Trends -- Public and Private Companies, Jones Day's 2015 Critical Updates in Executive Compensation and Benefits Symposium