C-Suite Compensation
Practice Expertise
- Corporate
- Corporate Governance and Board Advisory
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Executive Compensation/Employee Benefits
Areas of Practice
- Corporate
- Corporate Governance and Board Advisory
- Executive Compensation/Employee Benefits
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Emerging Growth and Venture Capital
- Tax View More
Profile
Representative Experience
Corporate Representation: Advises private and publicly traded clients and their boards of directors on compensation and benefits matters, including:
- Drafting and maintaining equity, phantom equity and cash bonus plans
- Drafting CD&As
- Addressing issues under applicable federal and state securities laws
- Addressing listing requirements under NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges
- Advising on institutional shareholder expectations and requirements
- Advising pre-IPO companies on their compensation arrangements
- Advising on various tax issues relating to equity compensation and performing 162(m) analyses
- Drafting employment agreements and severance agreements
Transactions: Advises clients on compensation and benefit issues associated with corporate transactions, including:
- Tailoring of transaction documents
- Drafting option cancellation/assumption agreements and inducement plans
- Addressing incentive and retention issues
- Performing Section 280G analyses and associated benchmarking
Section 409A: Helps clients comply with all aspects of Section 409A and its application to traditional non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements, equity plans, employment and severance arrangements, bonus arrangements and reimbursement arrangements
Education
AB, Harvard University, cum laude, 2003
Areas of Practice
- Corporate
- Corporate Governance and Board Advisory
- Executive Compensation/Employee Benefits
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Emerging Growth and Venture Capital
- Tax
Professional Career
Articles
- Mitigating the Impact of the 280G Golden Parachute Rules, Executive Compensation Practical Pointers
- Conserving Equity Plan Share Reserves After M&A Transactions, Executive Compensation Practical Pointers
- CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure: What We’ve Seen in Filings So Far, Executive Compensation Practical Pointers
- Director Equity Award Limit in LTIPs: How Companies are Addressing it this Proxy Season in Light of Recent Delaware Case Law, Executive Compensation Practical Pointers
- Six Key Considerations: Executive Contract Negotiations, Straightline
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