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Renata Ferrari
Work Department
Tax & Benefits; Executive Compensation
Position
Partner
Career
Renata Ferrari is a partner in our tax & benefits department in Boston and the head of the firm’s executive compensation practice group. She advises clients on executive compensation, equity-based and other incentives, deferred compensation, severance plans and other compensatory and benefits arrangements.
Renata also advises on the application of securities and tax laws to executives and employers and corporate governance matters. Her practice also includes a focus on compensation and benefits-related issues arising in the context of mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions.
Education
- JD, Harvard Law School, 1998; cum laude
- AB, Harvard College, 1994; cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
(Leading lawyers)Ropes & Gray LLP offers vast experience of representing domestic and global companies on every element of executive compensation and employee benefits issues arising in high-end M&A and complex IPOs. The firm’s expertise primarily lies in the life sciences, private equity, and financial services industries, boasting global clients such as LianBio and TriArtisan Capital Advisors. Boston-based Renata Ferrari co-heads the group, specializing in structuring equity-based awards and deferred compensation plans, while co-head, Alexandra Alperovich, handles the benefits and executive compensation aspects of M&A from the New York office. In San Francisco, Ellen Sueda has in-depth knowledge on incentive plans and executive employment. Based in Boston, Jennifer Rikoski advises clients on benefit plans, and Loretta Richard supports clients on equity-related compensation issues. Joshua Lichtenstein and Danna Kivell operate out of New York, with the former focusing on ERISA matters, and the latter on employment and severance issues. Pascal Mayer was promoted to partner, and Christa Sanchez to of counsel, in November 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional United States > Labor and employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Healthcare > Service providers
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Antitrust > Cartel
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Government > State attorneys general
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions