Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
USA Guide 2024 : California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surro
Band 1
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Provided by Baker McKenzie
The Baker McKenzie California Compensation team is one of a few firms to provide "one-stop" US domestic and international executive compensation, employee benefits and equity compensation advice, ensuring clients’ plans are designed to be offered on a global basis, with appropriate modifications due to local law requirements.
Baker McKenzie's Compensation team has a large client base (over 1,000 public/private companies), and routinely advises its clients on the employee benefits, executive compensation and equity compensation aspects of major cross-border business change and re-organization/restructuring projects, such as mergers & acquisitions, spin-offs, reductions in force and post-acquisition integration.
In addition, we provide advice to multinational companies on all aspects of pension law, including benefits and pension plan risk-mitigation strategies and de-risking alternatives. Matters range from workforce and transaction planning, to regulatory compliance and addressing significant financial and regulatory risk associated with particular types of pension arrangements (such as defined-benefit arrangements), including techniques to mitigate fiduciary risk and to avoid prohibited transactions with plan assets.
Chambers Review
Baker McKenzie comprises unchallenged experts in global equity services, providing some of the largest companies with services worldwide at the highest level. The team handles the full spectrum of employee benefits, executive compensation and ERISA matters, domestically and internationally. The group ranks highly for the scale and sophistication of equity granting and other compensation work handled regionally for both a Californian and a global clientele. The practitioners also have significant expertise in global tax and compliance issues.
Work Highlights
- Baker McKenzie advised Gen Digital on the global equity plan relating to the merger with Avast.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Their service is extremely positive. Overall, they are the best legal vendor I have worked with."
"I can always count on the attorneys at Baker McKenzie for speedy responses and meeting deadlines with excellent information."
"They have a phenomenal team that regularly sees around corners for us. They are always ready and helpful across the globe."
"Their service is extremely positive. Overall, they are the best legal vendor I have worked with."
"I can always count on the attorneys at Baker McKenzie for speedy responses and meeting deadlines with excellent information."
"They have a phenomenal team that regularly sees around corners for us. They are always ready and helpful across the globe."
Notable Practitioners
Barbara Klementz is well versed in handling equity plans and compensation issues for multinational clients.
"Barbara is a pleasure to work with. She provides excellent service and expertise that we can rely on."
"Barbara is incredibly impressive in terms of expertise and the ability to be pragmatic and practical. She knows the laws and rules in a staggering number of countries."
"Barbara is absolutely phenomenal."
Denise Glagau frequently acts on the employee benefits and executive compensation aspects of mergers, acquisitions and sales. She regularly represents clients in the technology sector on cross-border transactions.
"Denise is an excellent partner and we can always count on her to provide deep insight."
"We had a very positive experience with Denise. She understands our risk tolerance and provides alternative solutions to problems."
Matthew Schonholz of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP provides expert advice on a variety of executive compensation and tax matters relating to corporate transactions.
"Matthew is excellent. He is responsive, thoughtful and knowledgeable."
"He never loses focus of his clients' interests and effortlessly translates their desire to effective negotiation."
"Matthew is sharp, responsive and provides great counsel."
Sinead Kelly handles an array of transactional employee benefits and executive compensation matters, including those arising out of corporate spin-offs and IPOs.
"Sinead is fantastic! She is extremely smart and practical in her advice. She genuinely puts herself in her client's shoes and applies her knowledge to the client's context to provide crisp and clear recommendations that are in the best interest of the client."
"Sinead's service is excellent, as is the quality of advice and responsiveness."
Ranked Lawyers at
Baker McKenzie
California: Los Angeles & Surrounds
California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surro
Members
Provided by Baker McKenzie
Head of Department
Janel Brynda
Jennifer Kirk
Jill Sparkman
Kela Shang
Steve Stratton
Thomas Asmar
Victor Flores