Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Managing a broad spectrum of executive compensation and employee benefits matters, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP helps clients with equity compensation arrangements, executive and director pay structures, retirement and deferred compensation plans, and health, welfare, and fringe benefit programmes. It also represents clients in ERISA litigation and counsels management teams on compensation and benefits issues arising in business restructuring transactions. Los Angeles-based Sean Feller and Dallas-based Krista Hanvey jointly lead the practice, with Feller advising companies, boards of directors, and management teams on executive compensation and employee benefits arising in mergers and acquisitions, and Hanvey bringing expertise in the implementation of public and private equity compensation and employee stock purchase plans. Ekaterina Napalkova, based in New York, is a key contact for human capital, compensation, and employee benefits matters arising in mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, IPOs, and spin-offs. In Washington DC, Michael Collins' practice spans the full range of tax, ERISA, accounting, corporate, and securities law issues relating to equity compensation arrangements, retirement and deferred compensation plans, and executive employment agreements.