Melissa Grim is the leader of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group at Honigman LLP. After spending most of her legal career at Kirkland & Ellis LLP advising private equity funds and other acquisitive companies with respect to the employee benefits aspects of all types of corporate transactions, a significant portion of Melissa’s practice now focuses on: helping PE funds and companies navigate the myriad of legal issues that arise in human capital and people operations aspects of the post-deal transition and integration phase; counseling PE funds and companies on implementing their value creation plans; developing acquisition “playbooks” to drive efficiency and mitigate risk in add-on and tuck-in transactions; and advising PE funds and companies on designing consistent and compliant policies and procedures, as well as benefit and compensation plans and programs, that incentivize performance and incorporate best practices, industry trends, changes in the legal landscape, and the company’s goals and strategic initiatives.