Ed Holzwanger has joined King & Spalding as a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment team in the Washington, D.C. office.
“Ed has extensive experience identifying the employment challenges public and portfolio companies may have when acquiring a strategic asset,” said Andy Bayman, leader of King & Spalding’s Trial & Global Disputes practice group, of which the Labor and Employment team is a part. “He will be a great resource for our clients’ executive teams by helping them navigate complicated employment issues across their enterprise investments.”
Holzwanger, who joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis, provides employment counsel on corporate transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, debt financing, restructurings, and outsourcing arrangements. He manages and conducts due diligence, drafts and negotiates purchase, transition services and ancillary transaction agreements, and develops and implements workforce transition and integration plans.
“Ed adds an exceptional skillset to our employment capabilities, and also will work closely with the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group to support their transactions,” said Mark Jensen, managing partner of the Washington, D.C., office. “His distinguished tenure at the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C., offers our clients a regulator’s perspective to supplement his years of practical experience in the private sector.”
Before entering private practice, Holzwanger was senior counsel at the National Labor Relations Board. He counseled members about unfair labor practice cases and drafted decisions and federal appellate briefs on the NLRB’s behalf.
