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Executive Compensation and Employment Agreements
For executives and senior professionals, compensation is rarely just a salary. Offer letters, employment agreements, equity plans, and separation packages interact in complex ways, and the details determine what you actually take home. We counsel executives at every stage: negotiating terms on the way in, protecting rights during employment, and maximizing outcomes on the way out.
Matters we handle
- Employment agreements, offer letters, and term sheets
- Stock options, RSUs, and other equity awards — vesting, acceleration, and forfeiture terms
- Bonus, commission, and incentive plan disputes
- Deferred compensation and Section 409A considerations
- Change-in-control and severance protections
- Non-compete, non-solicitation, and other restrictive covenants
- Executive separations and clawback disputes
How we help
Employers negotiate these agreements with experienced counsel at their side; you should too. We identify the terms that matter most, quantify what is at stake, and negotiate from a position of knowledge — whether you are joining a company, navigating a dispute, or leaving one.