Katherine Blostein

Of Counsel | New York

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+1 212 894 8977
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Katherine is of counsel in our employment team.

Katherine's practice focuses on employment law and executive compensation for clients in a wide variety of industries. She represents senior employees and executives in public and private companies in negotiation of employment, severance, non-competition, expatriate, and international assignment agreements, which are often part of a larger and more complex compensation structure. She also represents teams of employees, founders and partners in employment and compensation matters related to M&A transactions, private equity investments, competitive lift-outs, and other scenarios. 

Katherine represents employees in various industries, including financial services (on the buy and sell side), real estate, entertainment, advertising, media, technology, fashion, and consumer goods and services. She also represents attorneys, accounting professionals, doctors and other medical practitioners in employment related matters.

External Publications

  • 'Withers Launches East Coast L&E Team With Outten & Golden Trio,' Law360 - January 28, 2026, featured

  • 'Negotiating Executive Arrangements in Private Equity,' Reuters Legal News - July 2021, co-author

  • 'Executive Employment Agreements,' Chapter for Executive & Director Compensation Reference Guide (BNA), co-author

  • 'Executive Pay: Skydiving with a New Parachute,' BNA, co-author

  • 'Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secrets in Employment Law: An International Survey,' BNA - associate editor, researcher, co-author

  • 'Negotiating and Drafting Expatriate Employment Agreements,' International Labor & Employment Law, 3rd Edition, Vol. 1B, BNA, contributor

Admissions

  • State of New York

Education

  • New York Law School, J.D.
  • Brandeis University, B.A.

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