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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
910 LOUISIANA STREET
HOUSTON
TEXAS 77002-4995
TEXAS
United States
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Gail Stewart
Work Department
Tax
Position
Partner
Section Chair – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Firmwide & Houston)
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense