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David Teigman

Work Department
Tax; Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Position
David Teigman is a partner in Proskauer’s Tax Department and a member of the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Group. David focuses his practice on executive compensation and benefit matters, principally in connection with mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and senior executive employment relationships.
David regularly counsels public and private companies on compensatory and benefit arrangements, such as equity-based incentives, cash-based incentives and employment, change-in-control, retention, separation and consulting agreements. He also advises on corporate governance, tax law and securities law related to employment matters.
A frequent author, David has published the following articles:
“Share Reserve and Other Limits in Public Company Equity Plans” (Practical Law)
“Roadmap to Providing Appropriate Incentives to Employees When Your Company is Going to be Sold” (The M&A Lawyer)
“Taxation of an Option Exercise When the Shares are Subject to a Substantial Risk of Forfeiture” (Practical Law)
David is often called upon by leading industry publications, including Agenda/Financial Times, Law360, Financier Worldwide and Modern Healthcare, for his perspective on executive compensation and benefit issues.
David received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Buffalo, where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Buffalo Law Review and the Executive Editor of the Public Interest Law Journal, and his B.S. from Cornell University.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
Proskauer Rose LLP is recognized for its ‘very strong’ capabilities in advising private equity entities, portfolio companies, and corporations from various sectors on a comprehensive range of benefits and executive compensation matters. The practice is led by Seth Safra from Washington DC, who specializes in retirement, health, and welfare plans, addressing ESOPs, ERISA compliance, and severance schemes. Andrea Rattner in New York is known for her guidance on transactional issues, including equity awards, change-in-control provisions, retention strategies, and post-transaction compensation planning. Ira Bogner, also in New York, offers expertise to asset managers on ERISA fiduciary concerns related to the formation of private funds. Colleen Hart in Los Angeles is adept at designing executive compensation arrangements for private equity clients and their portfolio companies, while David Teigman, based in New York, handles executive compensation and benefits in the context of M&A, securities transactions, and senior executive agreements. Paul Hamburger retired in August 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Industry focus > Sport
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending