David D'Alessandro > Vinson & Elkins LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
Vinson & Elkins LLP Offices
Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue, Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002
United States
David D'Alessandro
Work Department
Executive Compensation & Benefits
Position
Partner
Career
David D’Alessandro is head of the Executive Compensation and Benefits (ECB) department, where he advises companies on the implementation of executive contracts with a particular focus on the tax and securities issues arising from executive compensation arrangements.
David’s clients include both private and publicly traded companies in a wide range of industries, from energy to financial services. His practice entails both mergers and acquisitions work and day-to-day counseling. He regularly advises clients on matters involving stock options, restricted stock, profits interests, performance-based compensation arrangements, golden parachutes, 409A issues and Securities Act and Exchange Act compliance as well as the structuring of employment, change in control and severance agreements.
Nationally renowned in executive compensation law, David has testified before the U.S. Department of Treasury on the implementation of executive compensation arrangements.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
Vinson & Elkins LLP works with clients on compensation matters at the intersection of corporate transactions and governance. Led by David D’Alessandro in Houston and David Peck in Dallas, the team advises on equity arrangements, incentive structures, and regulatory compliance in M&A, IPOs, and private equity transactions, including structuring executive packages in billion-dollar mergers or advising on tax-efficient benefit strategies.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government contracts
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Transport > Shipping: finance
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism