Sarah Ghulamhussain > Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP > Silicon Valley, United States > Lawyer Profile
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Offices
2710 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park
California, 94025
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Sarah Ghulamhussain
Work Department
Executive compensation/Employee benefits
Position
Partner
Career
Sarah’s practice focuses on advising private and public companies on an array of executive compensation, employee benefits and corporate governance matters throughout the corporate lifecycle, including establishing equity and cash-based incentive programs; providing analysis of tax implications with respect to tender offers and other liquidity programs; negotiation of executive employment agreements, change in control plans and severance agreements; structuring of equity compensation terms and employee retention matters in M&A, including analysis of potential tax liabilities under Section 280G; and advising clients on executive compensation and equity plan disclosures in connection with IPOs and subsequent SEC filings.
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School
- J.D., 2013
- University of Hong Kong
- LL.M., 2013
- University of Southern California
- B.A., 2010
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
Advising clients from the technology, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing industries, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP handles employee benefit and executive compensation aspects of complex M&As, IPO and de-SPAC transactions, as showcased by the firm assisting Google in its $5.4bn acquisition of Mandiant. In New York, both Lori Goodman and Nicole Foster co-head the department, with the former regularly leading on the employee benefits elements of many large global transactions, and the latter focusing on providing cross-border executive compensation advice. In the Silicon Valley office, Brandon Gantus was promoted to partner in August 2022, and is highly experienced at supporting clients on the design, drafting and administration of equity-based compensation programs, while counsel Sarah Ghulamhussain works with technology and life sciences companies.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Tax > Financial products
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Tax > Financial products
Firm Rankings
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation