In 2000, Watson Wyatt & Company completed a successful initial public offering and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

In July, Watson Wyatt bought a German human resources consulting firm, Heissmann GmbH.

[6] Also during 2007, Watson Wyatt announced that it would spin off its multiemployer retirement practices in the United States and Canada.

[7] (A multiemployer retirement plan is set up under the terms of collective bargaining agreements involving more than one unrelated employer, generally in the same industry.)

[8] On March 23, 2007, Watson Wyatt settled a lawsuit by the pension fund trustees of the Iron Workers, Local No.