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Krista P. Hanvey

Krista
Hanvey

Partner

CONTACT INFO

khanvey@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 214.698.3425

FAX:+1 214.571.2912

Dallas

2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 2100, Dallas, TX 75201 USA

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PRACTICE

Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Mergers and Acquisitions Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance

BIOGRAPHY

Krista Hanvey is Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice group and Co-Partner-In-Charge in the firm’s Dallas office.  She counsels clients of all sizes across all industries, both public and private, using a multi-disciplinary approach to compensation and benefits matters that crosses tax, securities, labor, accounting and traditional employee benefits legal requirements.  Ms. Hanvey has significant experience with all aspects of executive compensation, health and welfare benefit plan, and retirement plan compliance, planning, and transactional support.  She also routinely advises clients with respect to general corporate and non-profit governance matters.  Ms. Hanvey also oversees the Dallas office’s pro bono adoption program.

Ms. Hanvey offers broad expertise on all types of public and private equity compensation and employee stock purchase plans; 401(k), ESOP and 403(b) tax-qualified retirement and nonqualified deferred compensation plans; executive employment, severance, retention, change in control and non-compete agreements; performance bonus, sales commission and other incentive pay plans; and retiree medical, cafeteria and other welfare benefit  plans.  She regularly advises clients on the requirements of and compliance with tax laws, ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA, the Affordable Care Act and executive compensation securities disclosure requirements.

Chambers USA ranked Ms. Hanvey as an Up and Coming attorney in the area of Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation in their 2022 publication and Law360 named her as a 2020 Rising Star.  In 2022, she was selected as one of the Texas Diversity Council’s Top Women Lawyer Award Winners and was ranked among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers.

Ms. Hanvey graduated first in her class from William and Mary School of Law, where she served as Senior Articles Editor of the William & Mary Law Review.  Ms. Hanvey earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with highest honors in Government from The University of Texas at Austin.  She is a member of the Order of the Coif and Phi Beta Kappa.

Ms. Hanvey is admitted to practice law in the state of Texas.

Representative Experience

  • Regularly advises numerous Fortune 500 companies on executive employment, separation agreement, and SEC disclosure requirements
  • Advised on Pioneer Natural Resources $7 billion acquisition of Parsley Energy
  • Advised iHeartMedia on its $230 million acquisition of Triton Digital from Scripps Media
  • Advised on Ensco plc’s $12 billion business combination with Rowan Companies plc
  • Advised CenterOak Partners LLC, a Dallas-based private equity firm, in its acquisition of Cascade Windows, Wetzels Pretzels, Aakash Chemicals, Full-Speed Automotive, Bowrail Group, Techna Glass, GNAP, Moore Services Holdings, and Service Champions
  • Advised InfraREIT, Inc. in its agreement to be acquired by Oncor Electric Delivery Company
  • Advised American Midstream Partners LP in the sale of its Propane Marketing and Services business to SHV Energy for $170 million
  • Advised on benefits and equity aspects of AECOM’s $6 billion acquisition of URS Corporation
  • Provided executive compensation advice on salesforce.com’s $2.5 billion proposed acquisition of ExactTarget
  • Provided executive compensation advice on restaurant group’s initial and secondary public offerings, aggregating $170 million
  • Advised on employee benefits and executive compensation matters for MetroPCS in their $32 billion business combination with U.S. mobile phone carrier
  • Advised on benefits and compensation issues in connection with Mondelez International’s spin off of the Kraft Foods Group to its shareholders
  • Provided employee benefits and executive compensation advice on Liquid Holdings Group’s $49.2 million initial public offering filings
  • Represented private equity firms in numerous M&A transactions

Recent Publications and Speaking Engagements

  • “Executive Compensation Disclosure Handbook: A Practical Guide to the SEC’s Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules,” Donnelley, October 2020 (co-author with Elizabeth A. Ising, Geoff Walter, James Kroll, Heather Marshall)
  • “Pay Ratio Disclosures” chapter in A Practice Guide to SEC and Proxy Compensation Rules (co-author with Lilias Lee)
  • Hot Topics in Compensation, SEC Conference, Dallas (May 2019)
  • “IPO Readiness – Focus on Executive Compensation” (September 2018) (with Steve Fackler, Sean Feller and Stewart McDowell)
  • “How Do the Controlled Group Rules Apply to Private Equity Funds?,” Benefits Law Journal, Autumn 2013 (co-author with Michael J. Collins)

EDUCATION

College of William & Mary - 2009 Juris Doctor

University of Texas - 2006 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

Texas Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Webcasts - March 8, 2023 | Webcast: M&A Insights – Cross-Border Transactions, Attorney-Client Privilege and Covenants Not to Compete
Webcasts - December 16, 2022 | Webcast: Executive Compensation Updates and Trends: What You Need to Know
Client Alert - October 27, 2022 | SEC Releases Final Clawback Rules
Client Alert - October 21, 2022 | IRS Updates U.S. Retirement Plan COLAs for 2023
Client Alert - August 29, 2022 | SEC Releases Final Pay Versus Performance Rules
Firm News - August 15, 2022 | Lawdragon 500 2022 Names 20 Gibson Dunn Partners Top Employment Lawyers
Client Alert - February 16, 2021 | 2020 Year-End Securities Litigation Update
Client Alert - December 3, 2020 | Proxy Advisory Firm Updates and Action Items for 2021 Annual Meetings
Firm News - September 18, 2020 | Krista Hanvey Named Among Texas Lawyer’s 2020 On the Rise Honorees
Client Alert - August 10, 2020 | 2020 Mid-Year Securities Litigation Update
Firm News - July 6, 2020 | Law360 Names Five Gibson Dunn Lawyers as 2020 Rising Stars
Publications - April 1, 2020 | Lead with Her: Haley Taylor Schlitz, In Celebration of Women’s History Month
Client Alert - February 4, 2020 | Considerations for Preparing Your 2020 Proxy Statement
Client Alert - November 6, 2019 | IRS Updates U.S. Retirement Plan COLAs for 2020
Webcasts - September 6, 2018 | Webcast: IPO and Public Company Readiness: Focus on Executive Compensation
Client Alert - October 19, 2017 | IRS Updates U.S. Retirement Plan COLAs for 2018
Client Alert - September 26, 2017 | SEC Issues Significant Guidance on Pay Ratio Rules
Client Alert - September 5, 2017 | Internal Revenue Service Announces Relief for Southeast Texas Due to Hurricane Harvey
Article - October 1, 2016 | Executive Compensation Disclosure Handbook: A Practical Guide to the SEC’s Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules
Client Alert - July 5, 2016 | IRS Releases Additional Guidance on Changes to Determination Letter Program for Qualified Retirement Plans
Client Alert - October 21, 2015 | U.S. Retirement Plan COLAs Unchanged for 2016
Client Alert - July 21, 2015 | IRS to Curtail Determination Letter Program for Qualified Retirement Plans
Client Alert - July 9, 2015 | U.S. Internal Revenue Service Announces Elimination of Lump Sum Windows for Retirees Already Receiving Benefits
Client Alert - May 19, 2015 | United States Supreme Court Finds ERISA Fiduciary Claims Not Time-Barred
Client Alert - May 11, 2015 | In Calma v. Templeton, Delaware Court of Chancery Finds Director Compensation Decision Subject to Entire Fairness Review
Client Alert - November 5, 2014 | Qualified Plan Limitations Updated for 2015
Client Alert - November 19, 2013 | 2013 Year-End U.S. Retirement and Welfare Plan Update: Action Items for Plan Sponsors
Client Alert - November 13, 2013 | Qualified Plan Limitations Updated for 2014
Client Alert - January 16, 2013 | U.S. Fiscal Cliff Deal Expands Availability of In-Plan Roth Conversions
Client Alert - October 29, 2012 | Qualified Plan Limitations Updated for 2013
Client Alert - October 25, 2012 | U.S. Agencies Release Guidance on Shared Responsibility Employer Penalties and Waiting Period Limitations under the Affordable Care Act
Client Alert - September 12, 2012 | IRS Releases Final Regulations on Deductions for Personal Use of Business Aircraft
Client Alert - May 7, 2012 | Department of Labor Disclosure Deadlines Approaching for U.S. Retirement Plan Sponsors
Client Alert - May 3, 2012 | Texas Business Taxpayer Amnesty Program Approaching
Client Alert - June 15, 2011 | Deadline to Amend U.S. Cafeteria Plan Documents Quickly Approaching
Client Alert - December 16, 2010 | U.S. Health and Welfare Benefit Plans Year-End Wrap Up: 2010 Legislative and Regulatory Developments
Client Alert - October 26, 2010 | Individual Account Plan Changes for Plan Sponsors to Consider
Client Alert - July 16, 2010 | The Regulation of Advisers to Private Funds: Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Client Alert - July 12, 2010 | The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173) from the Broker-Dealer’s Perspective
Client Alert - April 2, 2010 | The Impact of U.S. Health Care Reform on Employers
Client Alert - February 3, 2010 | Obama Administration 2011 Budget Tax Proposals
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