We regularly draw upon the entire range of skill sets at the firm – including litigation, tax, ERISA specialists, securities lawyers, and corporate governance experts – to advise employers and senior executives on equity-based compensation, deferred compensation, bonuses, and employment and severance agreements

Substantial experience dealing with executive employment and compensation issues in merger contexts or other in other changes of corporate control, including bankruptcies, out-of-court restructurings, government-sponsored capital raisings, and spin-offs

Our Litigation Department has handled groundbreaking litigation in connection with equity-based compensation, including the first case litigated to judgment concerning the cancellation of ‘out-of-the-money’ stock options in an all-cash merger

In ongoing work for a major insurer, our litigators have dealt with novel issues relating to employee bonuses and deferred compensation, especially in the context of majority equity stakes purchased by the US Government

We represent other high-net-worth individuals – such as professional athletes and entertainers – with respect to executive employment agreements, including Joe Torre, the Duchess of York, Joe Castiglione, Eddie Fisher, Nancy Lieberman, John Rooney, Ernie Grunfeld, Jeff Kent, Tommy John, Jeff Torborg, Dave Winfield, and Al Leiter