Rohit A. Nafday, P.C.

Partner Executive Compensation

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New York +1 212 446 5904

Rohit A. Nafday, P.C.

Overview

Rohit Nafday is a partner in the Firm’s Executive Compensation Practice Group. Rohit’s practice focuses on the executive compensation and benefits aspects of public and private mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, and other corporate transactions. Rohit also regularly advises clients on the negotiation of executive employment, change in control, retention, and severance agreements, the design and implementation of equity compensation arrangements, and tax, securities, and corporate governance matters related to compensation arrangements.

Rohit is recognized in the latest editions of Chambers USA, The Legal 500 United States and Super Lawyers for his executive compensation practice.

Rohit received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and B.A. in Molecular & Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. He completed a J.D., with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an articles editor of The University of Chicago Law Review, a John M. Olin Student Fellow, and a recipient of the Joseph Henry Beale Prize for outstanding legal writing.

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Blackstone on its $2.3 billion acquisition of Rover.
  • Alpine Investors on its $3.4 billion single-asset continuation transaction with respect to Apex Service Partners.
  • KKR in its investment in Precipart.
  • Vista Equity Partners on its $4 billion acquisition of EngageSmart.
  • LiveVox on its sale to NICE.
  • KKR on its $1.3 billion acquisition of Chase Corporation.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on its $2.3 billion acquisition of Veritiv.
  • Vista Equity Partners in the $4.6 billion sale of Apptio to IBM.
  • EW Healthcare Partners in its investment in Enercon Technologies.
  • Patient Square Capital on the $7.1 billion consortium acquisition of Syneos Health.
  • Cvent in its $4.6 billion sale to Blackstone.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on its $7 billion acquisition of Focus Financial Partners.
  • Francisco Partners on its $1.7 billion acquisition of Sumo Logic.
  • Vista Equity Partners in its $2.6 billion acquisition of Duck Creek Technologies.
  • Vista Equity Partners in its $4.6 billion acquisition of KnowBe4.
  • Naver in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Poshmark.
  • Vista Equity Partners in its $8.4 billion acquisition of Avalara.
  • Turn/River Capital in its $570 million acquisition of Tufin.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $5.8 billion acquisition of Cornerstone Building Brands.
  • Vista Equity Partners in its $16.5 billion acquisition of Citrix.
  • TA Associates and True Wind Capital in their acquisition of e-Emphasys Technologies.
  • Centerbridge Partners and Martello Re on the launch of Martello Re.
  • Metromile in its acquisition by Lemonade.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $2.5 billion sale of Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc.
  • Vista Equity Partners and Cvent in Cvent’s $5 billion de-SPAC transaction.
  • Vista Equity Partners, Onex Corp., and PowerSchool Holdings Inc. in PowerSchool’s initial public offering.
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR in their $5.3 billion acquisition of Cloudera.
  • Verizon in the $5 billion sale of Verizon Media to Apollo funds.

Restructurings

  • Genesis Care Pty Ltd and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases.
  • Neiman Marcus Group LTD LLC and certain of its affiliates in their pre-arranged Chapter 11 cases.
  • Akorn, Inc. and certain of its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases.
  • Frontier Communications Corporation and certain of its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases.
  • McDermott International, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates in their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases.
  • Tapstone Energy LLC and its affiliates in its out-of-court restructuring.
  • Bluestem Brands, Inc. and certain of its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases.
  • Clover Technologies Group, LLC in connection with its prepackaged restructuring.
  • Barneys New York, Inc. and its affiliates in their restructuring efforts in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 2013–2019

Debevoise & Plimpton, 2010–2013

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Thought Leadership

Speaking Engagements

“A Review of Private Company Compensation Trends: Is it the New Normal Yet?” Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company 2023: Pay, Performance, and Perspectives (Practical Law Institute 2023).

“A Review of Private Company Compensation Trends and Compensation During the Pandemic,” Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company 2022: Pay, Performance and Perspectives (Practical Law Institute 2022).

“A Review of Private Company Compensatory Trends Generally,” Cool Compensation Considerations for the Private Company 2021: Pay, Performance and Perspectives (Practical Law Institute 2021).

“A Review of Private Company Compensatory Trends Generally,” Cool Compensation Considerations 2020 (Practical Law Institute 2020).

Publications

“From Sense to Nonsense and Back Again: SRO Immunity, Doctrinal Bait-and-Switch, and a Call for Coherence,” 77 U Chi L Rev 847 (2010).

Recognition

Recognized in The Legal 500 United States for Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation and Retirement Plans: Transactional, 2023

"Up and Coming" for Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Chambers USA, 2022–2023

“Rising Star,” Super Lawyers, 2016–2023

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2021California
  • 2011New York

Education

  • University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D.with Honors2010

    Articles Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review

    Joseph Henry Beale Prize (Outstanding Performance, 1L Legal Research & Writing)

    John M. Olin Student Fellow in Law & Economics

  • University of California, BerkeleyB.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences; B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology2005