Kate Napalkova
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Band 5 : Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
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Kate Napalkova is a partner in Proskauer's Tax Department and a member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group.
Kate advises public and private companies, private investment funds, executives and boards on a broad range of compensation and employee benefits matters. Kate’s practice includes the compensation and employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, spin-offs, initial public offerings, financings and other corporate transactions. Kate’s practice further focuses on advising clients across various industries on the negotiation, structuring and implementation of benefits and compensation plans and executive compensation arrangements; golden parachutes; securities reporting, registration and disclosure compliance; and corporate governance matters.
While in law school, Kate served as the editor-in-chief of the Fordham International Law Journal.
Kate is fluent in Russian.
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Kate Napalkova of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is held in high esteem for her employee benefits practice, which sees her advise a broad spectrum of corporate clients and investors on compensation plans and issues arising in transactional and governance matters.
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"Kate is great to work with and highly responsive. She is also experienced and detailed."
"She is a trusted partner who I really value."
"Kate is remarkable in situations which are complex and sophisticated."
"I am a huge fan. She is wicked smart and provides great, practical solutions and advise to some of the most complicated problems that we see."
"There is no other lawyer I would even consider for any aspect of executive comp, from initial engagement through negotiation and final agreement. She is remarkable, even in situations which are remarkably complex and sophisticated, often with challenging individuals and organizations involved."
"Kate is great to work with and highly responsive. She is also experienced and detailed."
"She is a trusted partner who I really value."
"Kate is remarkable in situations which are complex and sophisticated."
"I am a huge fan. She is wicked smart and provides great, practical solutions and advise to some of the most complicated problems that we see."
"There is no other lawyer I would even consider for any aspect of executive comp, from initial engagement through negotiation and final agreement. She is remarkable, even in situations which are remarkably complex and sophisticated, often with challenging individuals and organizations involved."
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