Grace M. Karam

Represented American Equipment Solutions, a portfolio company of Rotunda Capital Partners, in its divestiture of Kanawha Scales & Systems and related industrial weighing business to Investcorp.

Assisted with strategizing procedure and preparing notice for the termination and re-hire of employees in conjunction with the company’s restructuring.

Advised a national transportation and logistics company on workforce transition planning, including strategy development and preparation of termination and rehire notices in connection with a corporate restructuring.

Represented Alpine Investors and its portfolio company Ascend, a provider of practice management services to accounting businesses, in an add-on acquisition.

Defended client against a claim of unpaid wages and unpaid overtime for a remote, on-site ATM technician. Secured a complete victory at arbitration by proving that NCR’s policies and practices appropriately paid for all time worked by such remote technicians, provided the technicians follow company policy and appropriately report their time worked. Also successfully defeated novel claims by claimant’s counsel that imputed income for personal use of a vehicle or insurance premium credits for being healthy should be considered wages to increase the regular hourly rate and overtime premiums and not fringe benefits.