About Michelle A. Gyves

Michelle Gyves helps clients navigate an array of employment issues with a particular focus on the employment and labor aspects of corporate transactions.

Insights on a wide range of personnel matters

Shelly advises clients on complex labor, employment and benefits issues in connection with M&A and financing transactions including restrictive covenants, employee transfers and workforce integration, and compensation arrangements and conducts employment and labor diligence. Her experience includes managing the unique issues that arise in transactions involving a unionized workforce. Whether representing a buyer, seller or management team, Shelly focuses on the issues most important to the client, helping them navigate legal risk while facilitating getting the deal done.

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Practice Focus

  • Employment law and litigation
  • Workplace regulation
  • Employment benefits
  • Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
  • Data privacy

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  • Harvard Law School, JD, cum laude
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA, with high distinction
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  • New York
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  • The Hill School, trustee
Recognitions
Recognized or listed in the following:
  • National Law Review
    Go-To Thought Leader Award - Litigation, 2022
  • The Legal 500 United States
    Next Generation Lawyer, 2019
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