EXPERIENCE

Mr. Shiels is an executive compensation and benefits Partner of MCLLP. Prior to joining MCLLP, he was a partner in the executive compensation and benefits practice group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in New York.

Mr. Shiels regularly advises private equity sponsors and portfolio companies in connection with executive compensation, employee benefits and labor matters in complex corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and other business transactions. That experience includes structuring and implementing deferred compensation, equity compensation, bonus compensation and incentive compensation plans and agreements as well as drafting transactional documentation, including employment, consulting, termination, change-in-control, severance and release agreements, as well as identifying issues arising under, and assisting in complying with, the Internal Revenue Code (including Sections 280G and 409A), federal securities laws, applicable exchange regulations and related corporate governance rules.

Mr. Shiels also advises senior executives in connection with all types of executive arrangements, including employment, separation and operating agreements and equity and cash incentive arrangements.

EDUCATION

Mr. Shiels received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from SUNY Albany. He then earned his Juris Doctor degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He also earned a Master of Laws degree in Taxation from New York University School of Law.

Mr. Shiels is licensed to practice law in the State of New York.

REPRESEntATIVE MATTERS

Representative private equity sponsor clients at MCLLP and K&E include ABRY Partners, Accel-KKR, Advent International, AE Industrial Partners, A&M Capital Partners, Arlington Capital Partners, Arsenal Capital Partners, Avista Capital Partners, The Blackstone Group, Brentwood Associates, Brighton Park Capital, Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co, Centerview Partners, Fortress Investment Group, Francisco Partners, FTV Capital, Golden Gate Capital, Greenbriar Equity Group, HighBar Partners, HGGC, ICV Partners, J.H. Whitney Capital Partners, Kinderhook, Lincolnshire Management, Lion Capital, LNK Partners, Luminate Capital Partners, Madison Dearborn Partners, Marlin Equity Partners, Monomy Capital Partners, New Mountain Capital, Northern Pacific Growth, ORIX Capital Partners, Palladium Equity Partners, Parthenon Capital, Sentinel Capital Partners; (Softbank) SB Investment Advisers (US), Starr Principal Holdings, Stripes Group, Summit Partners, The Jordan Company, Thoma Bravo, Towerbrook Capital, TPG Capital, Trilantic Capital Partners, TriPointe Capital Partners, TZP Group, Vestar Capital Partners, Warren Equity Partners, Water Street Healthcare Partners and Welsh, Carson Anderson & Stowe.