Tristan Brown
USA Guide 2024
Band 2 : Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
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+1-650-251-5140Share profile
Band 2
California: San Francisco, Silicon Valley & Surro
6 Years Ranked
About
Provided by Tristan Brown
Practice Areas
Advises a variety of clients, including private equity funds and public companies, regarding the compensation and benefits issues arising in mergers, sales, spinoffs, IPOs and other transactions; negotiating executive employment and separation agreements; the securities law aspects of compensation; and drafting incentive compensation, deferred compensation and golden parachute arrangements. Representative clients include 1-800-Contacts, Alibaba, Ant Group, Blade Air Mobility, BrightView, CBRE, Cohesity, Dell, EQT, Genstar, First Advantage, Global Medical Response, KKR, McKesson, Oaktree Capital Group, Platinum Equity Partners, Silver Lake, Sixth Street and Stonepeak Partners.
Career
Clerk, Canada Federal Appeals Court; Joined the Firm as partner in 2008.
Personal
B.A. and J.D. (Toronto), LL.M. (Georgetown).
Chambers Review
USA
Tristan Brown of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is adept at handling the employee benefits and executive compensation aspects of M&A. His broad stable of clients includes public companies and private equity funds.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Tristan is a great partner."
"He is practical and grounded while always giving excellent and actionable advice. He consistently offers smart solutions and knows how and when to be creative."
"Tristan is incredibly smart and easy to work with."
"Tristan is a great partner."
"He is practical and grounded while always giving excellent and actionable advice. He consistently offers smart solutions and knows how and when to be creative."
"Tristan is incredibly smart and easy to work with."