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Kimberly Wethly
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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 > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
WilmerHale’s non-contentious tax practice, primarily operating from the firm’s Boston office, handles the tax aspects of transactions in a broad range of sectors, with particular strength advising emerging companies in the tech and life sciences spaces. William Caporizzo, extensive experience handling the tax aspects of mergers, dispositions, and international restructurings, leads the team alongside executive compensation specialist Kimberly Wethly. Julie Rogers has considerable experience in taxable and tax-free mergers, spin-offs, bankruptcies, financing transactions, and state taxation. She has advised clients in the tech, life sciences, financial services, energy, and manufacturing industries, among others. Fred Adam in Palo Alto represents multinational corporations, growth-stage companies, investment funds, and fund portfolio companies on a broad range of tax issues. Meghan Walsh, promoted to partner in January 2024, plays a key role in the team, advising corporations, asset managers, and tax-exempt organizations. Matthew Schnall left the firm in July 2023.
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 > Education
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
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
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense