I love the energy and enthusiasm of entrepreneurs. They all want to change the world, or at least leave their mark on it, and many of them will.
Representative Experience: I regularly assist founders with onboarding cofounders and first employees, including structuring cash and equity compensation, vesting and forfeiture provisions and letters and employment agreements. I advise companies on how to and , and, with respect to , how to set without running afoul of adverse tax rules under of the Code I work with clients on , and thorny issues around expiring . And I support clients in connection with events, be it a secondary transaction, IPO or M&A event. I’m also side-by-side with companies when things go sideways or backwards (which they sometimes do), assisting with the compensation issues related to terminations, downsizing and restructurings.
Favorite App: Right now, it’s a toss-up between Spotify and NYT Cooking.
Daily Reads: I read (at least part of) The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Wall Street Journal every day. Other daily reads are The Daily Tax Report, numerous cooking blogs and, during the winter, the snow report.
Favorite Books: Recent reads are The Place of Tides, The Ship Beneath the Ice, and The Ministry of Time. And I am now reading Into the Ice.
Off the Clock: I enjoy cooking, exercising, skiing, traveling, reading and the beach. I also like spending time with friends and my husband, two sons and our golden retriever.
Funny Story: I am a tax lawyer…do tax lawyers have funny stories?
Practices
Transactional, Tax