Marissa J. Holob

Partner, Head of Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits, US
Head of Practice Partner
New York
Marissa J. Holob advises clients on all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation.

She regularly represents public and private companies, and tax-exempt entities, on the design, negotiation, and ongoing compliance of qualified retirement plans, welfare plans, equity and incentive plans, employment agreements, and deferred compensation arrangements. Marissa also counsels on employee benefits and executive compensation-related issues that arise in the context of mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and other similar transactions. In addition, her work with hedge funds and private equity funds includes issues relating to the application of ERISA's plan asset regulations. Marissa serves as Head of Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits, US.

 

Experience & capabilities

Selected matters

  • Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Advised ORIX Capital Partners, the private equity arm of ORIX USA, in Olympus Partners' definitive agreement to acquire NTI Connect, LLC d/b/a Network Connex (Network Connex) from ORIX Capital Partners.

    • Advised BlackRock in its strategic investment in, and strategic partnership with, AccessFintech (AFT), a leading data and workflow collaboration network for financial markets.

    • Represented Euclid Transactional, a global managing general agent specializing in transactional risk insurance, in its acquisition by CRC Group.

    • Advised Acoustic, L.P. in the sale of its DemandTec business – a pioneer in AI-powered pricing, promotions and markdown optimization technology – to Longshore Capital Partners.

    • Advised Hiscox, a leading global insurance company providing small business specialty insurance, in its acquisition of Corix Insurance Services, LLC and Vouch Insurance Company from Vouch, Inc.

    • Advised Focus Financial Partners in Focus Partners Wealth’s  acquisition of Churchill Management Corporation, a wealth management firm focused on investment management and financial planning.

    • Advised ARC Excess & Surplus, LLC,  in its acquisition by CRC Group, a leading independent wholesale specialty insurance distributor.

    • Represented Curriculum Associates in its acquisition of Stile Education, an Australia-based provider of interactive middle school science curriculum.

    • Advised CRC Group in its strategic acquisition of Risk Transfer Partners.

    • Advised Stone Point Capital and its portfolio company Prima Capital Advisors, a leading alternative asset manager in real estate finance, in the acquisition of Prima by Blue Owl Capital Inc..

    • Advised BlackRock in its strategic investment and then acquisition of SpiderRock Advisors, a leading provider of customized option overlay strategies in the U.S. wealth market.

    • Advised Sentinel Capital Partners in its acquisition of Market Performance Group, a leading provider of omnichannel strategy and consulting services focused on the consumer packaged goods industry.

    • Advised The NPD Group (NPD), a global market information provider, in its acquisition by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman.

    • Advised Mitchell | Genex in its acquisition of Coventry Workers’ Comp Services, a leading provider of cost containment technology, clinical service and disability management, from CVS Health.

    • Advised NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC, a joint venture of Meridian Capital Group, LLC, the nation’s leading commercial mortgage brokerage, and Barings LLC, one of the world’s leading investment managers, in the acquisition of  certain assets of Housing & Healthcare Finance LLC, including its FHA multifamily and healthcare origination business and its loan servicing portfolio.

    • Advised Stanhope Capital Group announced in its merger with FWM Holdings, owner of Forbes Family Trust, LGL Partners and Optima Fund Management, to create one of the world’s largest independent wealth management and advisory firms, overseeing $24.2 billion in client assets across the U.S. and Europe.

    • Advised Allied Benefit Systems, one of the nation's largest healthcare administrators for employee benefit plans, and its joint majority equityholder, funds managed by Stone Point Capital and Blackstone, in the acquisition of Medxoom, Inc., an industry leading digital benefits platform.

    • Advised Global Industrial Company in its acquisition of 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Indoff.

    • Advised BlackRock in its equity investment in Human Interest, a full-service 401(k) provider for small- and medium-sized businesses.

    • Advised Sentinel Capital Partners in its acquisition of Bandon Holdings, the largest franchisee of Anytime Fitness, the largest and fastest growing fitness company in the United States.

    • Advised Sentinel Capital Partners in the sale of portfolio company Captain D’s, a leading seafood quick service restaurant chain.

    • Advised Sentinel Capital Partners in its acquisition of SPL, a leader in testing, inspection, and certification services for energy and environmental markets.

    • Advised Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.,  a leading provider of corporate governance and responsible investment solutions, market intelligence, fund services, and events and editorial content for institutional investors and corporations, in its acquisition of Discovery Data Holdings Inc., the holding company that owns Discovery Data Inc., a globally recognized and trusted provider of data and analytics to the financial services industry.

    • Advised Sentinel Capital Partners in its acquisition of Controlled Products, a market-leading manufacturer and distributor of premium synthetic turf products for landscape, sports, commercial and specialty applications.

    •  Advised Paine Schwartz Partners in its acquisition of  Kynetec, an agricultural and market research company.

    • Advised Stone Point Capital LLC in its strategic investment in Allied Benefit Systems LLC, a leading independent third-party administrator of group health benefits to self-insured employers.

    • Advised Sentinel Capital Partners in the sale of Pet Supplies Plus, a leading retail chain and franchisor of pet supplies and services, to Franchise Group, Inc..

    • Advised HC2 Holdings Inc. in the sale its majority-owned clean energy subsidiary Beyond6 Inc. to Mercuria Investments US Inc..

    • Advised BlackRock, Inc. in its  acquisition of  Aperio Group LLC, a pioneer in customizing tax-optimized index equity separately managed accounts, from Golden Gate Capital.

    •  Advised Stone Point Capital LLC in the acquisition of a majority interest in Bullhorn, a global leader in software for the staffing and recruitment industry.

    • Represented Paine Schwartz Partners in establishing an animal health & nutrition investment platform, Axiota Animal Health, Inc., with a strategic acquisition in Warburton Technology Limited, a leading producer of trace-mineral injections for cattle.

    • Advised Argand Partners LP in its acquisition of  Midwest Can Company LLC and Container Specialties Inc., a leading manufacturer of portal fuel containers, from GenNx360.

  • Bankruptcy and Restructuring
    • Part of the team advising Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc., one of the US's largest producers, distributors and marketers of premium quality, branded food products, on its value-maximising sale process as part of an overall strategic restructuring, filed in US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey in July 2025.

    • Advised an ad hoc creditor group, which held claims with an original face value in excess of $5 billion, in the Chapter 11 cases of LATAM Airlines Group S.A., Latin America’s largest air carrier, and its affiliates, with over $16 billion in liabilities and employing approximately 42,000 people worldwide.

    • Advised an ad hoc group of bondholders holding more than $4 billion of outstanding notes in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy and in-court restructuring of Valaris, one of the largest oil rig-owning company in the world, and its affiliated debtors.

    • Advised an ad hoc group of creditors holding approximately $700 million of outstanding priority guaranteed notes in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy and in-court restructuring of Noble Holding Corporation plc,  a leading offshore drilling contractor that conducts drilling operations in Canada, the Middle East, Far East Asia, Oceania, the North Sea, South America and the Gulf of Mexico., and its affiliated debtors.

Background

Education

  • J.D., cum laude, Cornell Law School, 2000
  • B.A., Brown University, 1997

Bar Admissions

  • New York, 2001

Clerkships

  • The Hon. Donald C. Pogue,
    U.S. Court of International Trade