Executive Compensation

Sidley's Executive Compensation lawyers advise a broad range of clients, from large, publicly-traded corporations to privately-held startup ventures and individual executives and directors. We counsel our clients with respect to all aspects of compensation arrangements, including disclosure, equity-based incentive and bonus plan design, employment and severance agreements and deferred compensation. We assist our clients in dealing with compliance with regulations issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission and self-regulatory organizations (i.e., the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ) governing matters such as executive compensation disclosure, shareholder approval requirements, transactions in company stock by officers and directors and short-swing liability. We have extensive experience in advising on the tax aspects of compensation arrangements, including Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. We also advise on executive compensation matters arising in connection with merger and acquisition transactions, such as the treatment in these transactions of stock options and other equity-based awards, and the implementation of change-in-control agreements and the payment of benefits under these agreements.

• Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - General Application to Public Companies
  July 2, 2010
• Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation and Disclosure Requirements in Financial Regulation Reform Bill Passed by Senate
  May 27, 2010

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• 171 Sidley Lawyers Ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2011
  June 13, 2011