Ciara Baker

It’s trite but true, there’s nothing more exciting than working with people who are excited about what they are doing. Startup enthusiasm is infectious!

Experience: I spend my days (and often nights!) advising clients on equity grant practices and considerations, stock option repricings and Section 409A corrections, and executive, retention, severance and change-in-control agreements and carve-out plans. I provide clients with ongoing counseling as well as counseling in connection with transformative events: in the M&A context, I advise both on equity award treatment and compensatory arrangements as well as golden parachute analyses. For companies going public (whether via IPO, DSPAC, reverse merger or direct listing), I help prepare clients for the requirements and considerations that public company compensation arrangements face. And, for our noncorporate clients, I help clients strategize and implement alternative incentive arrangements, including share appreciation rights, profits interests and long-term cash incentive plans.

Off the Clock: Typically, I’ve got my nose in a book or I’m out in the backyard gardening. We’re also big into softball and baseball in my family—when we’re not cheering for one of the kids’ teams, we’re cheering for the Boston Red Sox.  

Favorite App: I’m regularly on Instagram and Spotify. 

Currently Reading: I just finished Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford and I’m currently in the middle of The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong. Next up will be The Pretender by Jo Harkin.