Reuven Falik is a partner in the Tax, Pensions and Employment practice and Chair of the US Executive Compensation practice.
He has experience advising a wide variety of clients in transactional matters, including private and publicly held corporations, with respect to the executive compensation and employee benefits issues arising in mergers sales and other acquisitions, dispositions and initial public offerings. He counsels both corporate and individual clients on the design, negotiation and implementation of equity-based, employment, separation, deferred compensation, change in control and similar compensation arrangements.
He regularly provides guidance on compliance with ERISA, tax, corporate, federal and state securities laws and other laws and regulations affecting employee benefit plans, programs and arrangements, including advising clients on compensation and benefits issues unique to bankruptcy and restructuring transactions.
- U.S. Department of Commerce in the finalization of a US$1 billion CHIPS and Science Act research and development award to Anderon, an IBM subsidiary developing a quantum semiconductor foundry in the United States.
- ITOCHU on its US$1.9 billion investment in Aviation Capital Group and joint management structure with Tokyo Century
- (NYSE: NSA) on its acquisition by Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) in an all-stock transaction valued at an enterprise value of approximately US$10.5 billion.
- Continental AG on the sale of its ContiTech business area to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds
- Marubeni group on its acquisition of EagleRidge Energy II LLC and its subsidiaries, which operate over 2,300 wells on over 330,000 gross acres across 16 counties in the Barnett Shale in Texas.
- APA Corporation on its acquisition of Savant Alaska, LLC for approximately US$70 million plus payments contingent on future development work.
- Vox Media on its agreement to sell a portfolio of its digital media brands to Penske Media Corporation (PMC).
- ABS, through its affiliate ABSG Consulting Inc., on the acquisition of RMC Global, a provider of industrial cybersecurity, risk management and resiliency solutions.
- DistribAire, Inc, a heating, ventilation and air condition company, on its sale to Impact Climate Technologies, a portfolio company of Ardian France S.A.
- National Storage Affiliates (NYSE: NSA) in its agreement to be acquired by Public Storage (NYSE: PSA), in an all-stock transaction valued at an enterprise value of approximately US$10.5 billion.
News and client work
Contact details
- Clifford Chance, New York
- +1 212 878 3286
- Email me
- Speaks English and Hebrew
Career & qualifications
- Yeshiva University (BS) 1995,
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (JD) 2001
- Admitted as Attorney-at-Law in New Jersey 2001
- Admitted as Attorney-at-Law in New York 2004
- Joined Clifford Chance as partner 2025
Awards and citations
- Recognized as a "Leading Corporate Employment Lawyer" by Law Dragon in 2024 - 2027