Edward Holzwanger

Edward Holzwanger is a partner in Goodwin’s Employment and Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution practices based in Washington, DC. He concentrates on labor and employment counseling, particularly in the context of corporate transactions.

Edward has a comprehensive labor and employment advice and counseling practice, covering federal and state laws relating to hiring, discipline and separation, wage and hour, worker classification, leave entitlements, equal employment opportunity, restrictive covenants, and reductions in force. His counseling practice also includes negotiation of employment agreements and related documentation, human resources policy development and implementation, and traditional labor advice involving union representation, collective bargaining, and implementation of operational changes for unionized businesses.

Edward also regularly provides employment counseling in connection with corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, financing efforts, and restructuring. In this capacity, Ed manages labor and employment due diligence, negotiates purchase agreements, transition services agreements, employee matters agreements, and other ancillary deal documents, and develops and implements workforce transition and integration plans.

Edward’s recent representative experience includes:

• Novo Holdings A/S on its $16.5 billion acquisition of Catalent, Inc. 
• Arlington Capital and its portfolio company BlueHalo in BlueHalo’s $4.1 billion acquisition by AeroVironment 
• HLTH, Inc. on its sale to Regent US Holdco, Inc. (“Hyve”)
• Evisort in connection with its acquisition by Workday
• Robust Intelligence in the pending acquisition by Cisco Systems
• Renesas Electronics Corporation on its $339 million acquisition of Transphorm, Inc.
• Advanced Biologics in its merger with Isto Biologics
• Magenta Therapeutics on its merger with Dianthus Therapeutics
• Renesas Electronics Corporation on its $249 acquisition of Sequans Communications S.A.
• Bobbie in its acquisition of Nature’s One
• Tata Communications Limited on its $100 million acquisition of Kaleyra, Inc.
• Advised WHP Global in its joint agreement with Express to acquire Bonobos from Walmart for a combined $75 million
• Advised Berkshire Grey in its acquisition by SoftBank Group for approximately $375 million
• Advised PTC in its acquisition of ServiceMax for approximately $1.46 billion
• Advised Axium Infrastructure, a North American infrastructure private equity fund, on its acquisition of equity interests in a portfolio of wind projects, which represents 1,063 MW of gross capacity, from BlackRock Renewable Power*
• Represented CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. in its acquisition by PotlatchDeltic Corporation, combining to have a total enterprise value of more than $5 billion*
• Counseled Lovell Minnick Partners on its investment in SRS Acquiom*
• Advised Industrial Growth Partners on its sale of IOTA Engineering*
• Represented Abry Partners on its strategic investment in ADURO*
• Advised Venado in its $765 million acquisition of Eagle Ford Shale’s assets of Cabot Oil & Gas*
• Represented Oaktree Capital Management in WHP Global’s Acquisition of Anne Klein*
• Counseled Olympus Partners on its sale of The Waddington Group to Jarden Corp. for $1.35 billion*
• Advised Sun Products on its acquisition by Henkel for $3.6 billion*
• Counseled affiliates of Blackstone and Arclight in their acquisition of four power plants for approximately $2.7 billion*

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin

Prior to joining Goodwin, Edward was a partner at King & Spalding and at Kirkland & Ellis. Before entering private practice, he was senior counsel at the NLRB.

• Co-author, “FTC Non-Compete Agreements: Final Rule Issued,” Goodwin Client Alert, April 25, 2024
• Co-author, “Most Noncompete Agreements with Covered Employees Violate the National Labor Relations Act According to Recent Guidance,” Goodwin Client Alert, May 31, 2023
• Co-author, “FTC Proposes a Sweeping Rule That Would Ban Nearly All US Noncompete Agreements,” Goodwin Client Alert, January 6, 2023
• Co-author, “DOL Proposes Rule Regarding Independent Contractor Status,” Goodwin Client Alert, October 31, 2022

Edward’s recent speaking engagements include:

• Speaker, “The Future of Non-Compete Agreements in America,” June 27, 2024