Amanda Rooney brings a strategic, business-minded perspective to employment matters that demand both practical judgment and technical precision. She partners with clients to navigate the employment dimensions of complex corporate transactions and provides business-minded, day-to-day employment counseling. Her practice sits at the intersection of employment law and corporate strategy, offering clients a trusted advisor who understands how workforce issues shape deals.
Amanda counsels public and private employers, private equity funds, and portfolio companies on employment matters arising in a wide range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and corporate reorganizations. Her deal support spans the full transaction timeline: pre-signing employment due diligence and risk assessment, drafting and negotiation of employment-related deal terms and ancillary agreements, and post-closing workforce integration matters. A member of DLA Piper's Transaction Specialist sub-group, Amanda collaborates closely with the firm's corporate, private equity, employee benefits, and executive compensation teams across offices to deliver seamless, cross-practice support on complex matters.
Beyond transactional work, Amanda drafts and negotiates executive employment agreements, consulting agreements, restrictive covenants, and separation agreements. She provides ongoing counsel to clients across industries on employment law compliance, including worker classification, wage and hour requirements, restrictive covenants, performance management, and employee terminations. She draws on her background as an employment litigator to anticipate risk and help clients operate efficiently while minimizing litigation exposure.
Amanda maintains an active pro bono practice.
