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Kimberly Wethly
Work Department
Emerging Company and Venture Capital; Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits; Life Sciences; Private Equity; SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company) Transactions; Tax
Position
Partner
Chair, Tax Practice
Career
Kimberly Wethly is a seasoned attorney who is recognized for her extensive experience in all aspects of executive compensation, including applicable tax, corporate securities and accounting issues. Ms. Wethly represents both public and privately held companies’ boards of directors and compensation committees and corporate executives. She also advises the firm’s corporate clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, spinoffs, formation, financings, restructurings and public offerings. Ms. Wethly’s proficiency encompasses equity compensation, nonqualified deferred compensation, incentive plans, and executive, retention, severance and change-in-control agreements.
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Publications
Notable publications by Ms. Wethly include “Best Practices for Option Grants by VC-Backed Companies,” published as a WilmerHale Email Alert and later published in Bloomberg Law Reports; “Structuring Stock Options and Severance Payments after Section 409A,” published in the Venture Capital Review; and “Stock Option Pricing Issues for Private Companies: Our Recommendations in Light of Section 409A and Recent AICPA Guidance,” published as a WilmerHale Email Alert.
Professional Activities
Ms. Wethly is a member of the American Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association and the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals.
Memberships
Bar Admissions:
Massachusetts
Other Organizations:
American Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
Education
Boston College Law School , J.D. (1997)
Boston College , B.A. (1993)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
WilmerHale’s ‘friendly and helpful’ practice offers comprehensive advice in relation to complex M&A, equity compensation plans, and IPO transactions, representing clients across the software, manufacturing, and technology sectors, including notable names such as Analog Devices and Akamai Technologies. Boston-based co-heads Kimberly Wethly and Amy Null, are highly specialized in federal income tax law, nonqualified deferred compensation, and change-in-control agreements. In Washington DC, Ciara Baker advises corporate entities on spin-offs and restructurings.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Government > Government relations
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Environment > Environment: litigation