Focusing on employee engagement is the single biggest factor in creating value during complex M&A activity.

Christopher J. Laux

EY Americas Rewards and Transactions Solution Leader; Principal, People Consulting, Ernst & Young LLP

M&A advisor on organizational realignment; employee experience; HR service delivery enablement; compensation taxation and planning. Engages employees and builds platforms for their success.

Areas of focus

Christopher has more than 20 years of experience advising companies on human capital strategy, cost management, and large-scale acquisition and divestiture implementation across many industries.

Christopher realigns and combines HR functions, advising companies on HR outsourcing and vendor management decisions, integrating acquisitions, and managing risks in HR processes and controls. He also advises on identifying talent management implications created by merger, spin, joint venture, IPOs and special purpose acquisition companies, and divestiture activities as well as cultural, change management and communications initiatives. His technical capabilities include employee benefit and executive compensation taxation and planning.

Christopher has a JD from the University of Minnesota Law School and a BA in Politics and Government/German Studies from Ohio Wesleyan University.

How Christopher is building a better working world 

Chris advises companies on engaging their people during complex M&A activity in ways that will support ongoing business continuity, plan for the future of the combined or separated companies and maintain or enhance value during the deal. His focus is in helping design future organizations, particularly HR service delivery models, that meet the unique needs of each situation and provide cost-effective support of business processes as defined by client leadership. His daily focus for organizations he serves is balancing what is best for their employees and what is best for their strategic initiative. This balance, he believes, is critical to delivering value for both.

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