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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices

Baker Botts L.L.P.
910 LOUISIANA STREET
HOUSTON
TEXAS 77002-4995
TEXAS
United States
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Gail Stewart

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+1 713 229 1321 gail.stewart@bakerbotts.com View profile

Work Department

Tax / Executive Compensation & Benefits

Position

Senior Counsel

Career

Gail Stewart serves as the chair of the firmwide employee benefits & executive compensation section and has extensive experience with executive compensation arrangements, such as equity-based incentive programs, bonus plans, change-in-control arrangements and employment agreements, and the employee benefit and executive compensation aspects of mergers and acquisitions. She also provides counsel to boards, senior executives and legal departments regarding these matters and related SEC filings, and to compensation committees regarding executive compensation matters, as well as providing counsel to companies on the design and regulatory compliance of pension, profit sharing and welfare benefit plans.

Memberships

State Bar of Texas; Fellow, American College of Employee Benefits Counsel; ABA Tax Section Subcommittee on Federal Securities Law, Vice-Chair 2005-2009, Executive Compensation Subcommittee, Chair 2009-2014, Mergers & Acquisitions Subcommittee, Chair 2014-2016; National Association of Corporate Directors Texas TriCities Chapter Board Member

Education

J.D., Baylor Law School, Baylor Law Review (1983); B.B.A. accounting, Baylor University, 1980

Personal

Publications

Proxy Update 2019: Hot Topics and New Developments (Webinar, January 2019);
IRS Issues Initial Grandfather Relief Guidance Under Section 162(m), Tax Update, (August 2018); PBGC Expands Missing Participants Program to Include Terminated 401(k) Plans, EBEC Update, (February 2018); Tax Reform Act – Impact on Executive Compensation, Tax Update, (December 2017)

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional

Counting domestic and global energy companies among its key clients, Baker Botts L.L.P.’s team has extensive expertise on the full range of employee benefits and executive compensation matters involved with cross-border M&A and high-profile IPOs. Houston-based co-head Gail Stewart is highly experienced in assisting clients with the design and implementation of equity-based incentive programs- as showcased by her key role in advising Liberty Latin America on its adjustment of equity awards- while Dallas-based tax specialist, Stephen Marcus, also co-leads the group. From the Dallas office, Jason Loden supports public and private entities on all compensation and benefit elements of M&A, while special counsel David Schiller focuses on employee benefit related areas of IPOs and credit agreements. In New York, Robin Melman helps clients to navigate the relevant corporate governance and tax issues, and associate Katie Birnhak is noted as key.

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