Kyoko Takahashi Lin
USA Guide 2024
Band 1 : Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
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About
Provided by Kyoko Takahashi Lin
Practice Areas
Kyoko is a member of Davis Polk’s Executive Compensation practice. She advises boards, compensation committees, companies and individual executives on executive, director and employee compensation, including executive employment agreements, deferred compensation, severance plans and other compensatory arrangements. Her practice includes a particular emphasis on issues arising in mergers and acquisitions transactions, initial public offerings, and new and joint ventures, as well as for financial institutions.
Kyoko also advises on the sensitive aspects of senior executive transitions and succession planning, building upon her extensive experience with corporate governance, public company disclosure and tax laws. She is a thought leader in executive compensation and related topics, and is a member of the Thomson Reuters Practical Law’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Advisory Board.
Chambers Review
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Kyoko Takahashi Lin is respected for her advice to clients on executive compensation and related private equity issues. She is adept at handling matters arising from a range of transactions, such as M&A and the formation of joint ventures.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kyoko is one of my favorite attorneys. She is responsive, smart and knowledgeable. You could not ask for a better executive compensation attorney."
"Besides being incredibly responsive and always helpful, she immediately gives a response, especially when we need something urgently. She is incredibly competent."
"She brings everything to the table, is highly intelligent and knows the law inside and out. She brings a practical business sense to the table, helping to find real-life solutions."
"She is an encyclopedia of knowledge."
"Kyoko is one of my favorite attorneys. She is responsive, smart and knowledgeable. You could not ask for a better executive compensation attorney."
"Besides being incredibly responsive and always helpful, she immediately gives a response, especially when we need something urgently. She is incredibly competent."
"She brings everything to the table, is highly intelligent and knows the law inside and out. She brings a practical business sense to the table, helping to find real-life solutions."
"She is an encyclopedia of knowledge."